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Real Madrid vs Malaga Prediction & Betting tips
Real – Malaga, both clubs are playing a disappointing season, albeit at a completely different level. While Real Madrid are not satisfied with third place and especially ten points behind FC Barcelona, Malaga are now in 18th place in the relegation battle with just seven points.
The two clubs met 74 times, after which the statistic reads very unilaterally with 48 real victories, 16 draws and only ten successes of Malaga. In Madrid, Malaga has not even won, but lost seven times in seven draws.
Real Madrid :
After a perfect start to the season with two titles, the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Supercopa, the opening fixture in the Primera Divison for Real Madrid was rather bumpy with just five points from their first three games. While the Champions League went well against APOEL Nicosia (3-0) and Borussia Dortmund (3-1), Light in form of a 3-1 victory at Real Sociedad San Sebastian and Schatten moved to 0 in the league : 1 at home against Betis Sevilla on. After that it was the other way around. In the premiership Real won both matches against Tottenham Hotspur (1-1, 1-3), whereas at the national level Deportivo Alaves (2-1), against Espanyol Barcelona (2-0), at Getafe (2-1 ) and against the SD Eibar (3: 0) as well as in the Copa del Rey at CF Fuenlabrada (2: 0) five wins in series were retracted. With a 1: 3 at Girona this series but ripped again and after an interim 3-0 against UD Las Palmas meant a 0-0 in the derby at Atletico Madrid, no disappointment, but still the loss of two more points. On Tuesday, however, Real made it with a 6-0 at APOEL Nicosia at least a move into the knockout stages of the Champions League perfect.
Keylor Navas, Gareth Bale and Mateo Kovacic are still unavailable. Whether Sergio Ramos (broken nose) runs up with a special mask is open. The Champions League-protected Casemiro and Isco are expected to start again.
Probable lineup: Casilla – Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo – Modric, Casemiro, Kroos – Isco – Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema
Malaga:
FC Malaga have five defeats against the SD Eibar (0: 1) after a very mixed preparation and five against FC Girona (0: 1) against UD Las Palmas (1: 3). Atletico Madrid (0-1) and Valencia CF (0-5) made a major false start before beating Athletic Bilbao (3: 3), at least for the first time. After that followed at FC Sevilla, against CD Leganes and FC Barcelona in the league three 0-2 defeats and in the Copa del Rey a 1: 2 at CD Numancia, so the chair of coach Michel before the home game against Celta Vigo already questionable wobbled. With a 2-1 win succeeded Malaga but the first victory, on which, however, followed by a 0-2 at Villarreal. Last weekend, with a 3-2 draw against Deportivo La Coruna, the second home run in a row and at the same time delivered the red lantern.
Malaga’s list of outages is still long. Federico Ricca, Zdravko Kuzmanovic, Cenk Gonen, Miguel Torres, Diego Gonzalez, Robson Weligton, Luis Munoz, Michael Santos and Bakary Kone are also missing in Madrid.
Probable lineup: Roberto – Rosales, Luis Hernandez, Baysse, Juankar – Keko, Rolon, Adrian Gonzalez, Chory – Rolan, Penaranda
Real Madrid vs Malaga head to head matches
21.05.17 LL Malaga Real Madrid 0 : 2
21.01.17 LL Real Madrid Malaga 2 : 1
21.02.16 LL Malaga Real Madrid 1 : 1
26.09.15 LL Real Madrid Malaga 0 : 0
18.04.15 LL Real Madrid Malaga 3 : 1