Malaga vs VillarrealPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Malaga reach the sixth round on 2 points in eighteenth place: four matches, two draws and two defeats, one goal scored and seven conceded. At La Rosaleda they have played twice and drawn both games, with one goal scored and one conceded; the two away trips ended in two defeats, no goals scored and six conceded. Their league run starts with the 0-0 at home with Levante in the latest round; before that the 0-4 at Real Madrid, earlier the 1-1 at home with Deportivo La Coruna and, further back, the 0-2 at Atletico Madrid. The oldest outing, outside the league, is a 2-2 at home with Fulham. Villarreal have the same 2 points and sit seventeenth: two draws and two defeats in four rounds, 6 goals scored and 8 conceded. Their only home game finished 2-3, while away from home the count reads two draws and one defeat in three matches, with four goals scored and five conceded. In the league their last result is that 2-3 with Deportivo La Coruna; before it the 0-1 at Alaves and, further back, the two 2-2 draws at Atletico Madrid and Racing Santander. Their most recent outing of all is the 2-3 lost at Borussia Dortmund. The head-to-heads go back several seasons. In April 2018 Malaga won 1-0 at La Rosaleda; before that Villarreal had won 2-0 at home in November 2017 and drawn 1-1, again at home, in February of the same year. Further back sit the 2-0 with which Villarreal won at La Rosaleda in September 2016 and the 1-0 at home in February 2016. The competition average is 3.00 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.