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Villarreal – Málaga
Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available
What the model expects
- Villarreal
- 60%
- Draw
- 26%
- Málaga
- 14%
| Villarreal | Draw | Málaga | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 1.67 | 3.87 | 7.03 |
- Total goals
- 2.68
- Over 2.5 goals
- 51%
- Both teams to score
- 53%
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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Why the model leans Villarreal
60% Villarreal to win
- Attack
- 4th vs 16th
- Villarreal attack v Málaga defence
- Defence
- 8th vs 18th
- Villarreal defence v Málaga attack
- Recent xG form
- +1.51 vs -0.84
- xGD per match, last 6
- Projected goals
- 1.82 – 0.86
- Villarreal v Málaga
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.
| Reading | Villarreal | Málaga |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | (better) 2.38 · 3rd | 0.84 · 19th |
| xGA / match | (better) 1.25 · 6th | 1.66 · 14th |
| xGD / match | (better) +1.12 · 3rd | -0.83 · 20th |
| xPts / match | (better) 1.92 · 3rd | 0.86 · 20th |
| Last 6 xGD / match | (better) +1.51 | -0.84 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 37% of the model's distribution.
- Villarreal clean sheet
- 40%
- Villarreal 2+ goals
- 56%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 49%
- Both teams to score: no
- 47%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 13.3%
- 2:0
- 11.6%
- 2:1
- 11.6%
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- Fit window
- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Villarreal sample
- 20 matches
- Málaga sample
- 7 matches
- Home xG sample · Villarreal
- 3 matches
- Away xG sample · Málaga
- 4 matches
- Computed
- Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30
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.