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Match preview · La Liga

Málaga – Deportivo Alavés

Málaga 20th in La Liga Home 1.03 projected goals by the model
Deportivo Alavés 6th in La Liga Away 1.19 projected goals by the model

Model updated 5 October, 06:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.03 1.19
Málaga Deportivo Alavés
Málaga
29%
Draw
34%
Deportivo Alavés
37%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Málaga Draw Deportivo Alavés
Fair odds 3.44 2.97 2.68
Total goals
2.22
Over 2.5 goals
39%
Both teams to score
51%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Deportivo Alavés

37% Deportivo Alavés to win

Attack
9th vs 16th
Deportivo Alavés attack v Málaga defence
Defence
6th vs 18th
Deportivo Alavés defence v Málaga attack
Recent xG form
-0.18 vs -0.84
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.03 – 1.19
Málaga v Deportivo Alavés

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Málaga and Deportivo Alavés compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Málaga Deportivo Alavés
xG / match 0.84 · 19th (better) 1.28 · 9th
xGA / match 1.66 · 14th (better) 1.19 · 5th
xGD / match -0.83 · 20th (better) +0.09 · 6th
xPts / match 0.86 · 20th (better) 1.44 · 6th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.84 (better) -0.18

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 39% of the model's distribution.

Deportivo Alavés clean sheet
33%
Deportivo Alavés 2+ goals
34%
Under 2.5 goals
61%
Both teams to score: no
49%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
17.3%
0:0
11.0%
0:1
10.6%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Málaga sample
7 matches
Deportivo Alavés sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Málaga
3 matches
Away xG sample · Deportivo Alavés
3 matches
Computed
Monday, 05/10/2026 at 06:30

Warnings

  • Málaga has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.