Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 4 match between Malaga and Levante and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Levante head over to the Estadio La Rosaleda this coming Sunday to face title favourites Malaga in a round 4 match in the LaLiga.
Looking at the LaLiga standings, the current difference between the sides is three points and 11 places.
Team form: Malaga vs Levante
Malaga Form
A draw is the best Malaga can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 2-0 defeat against Atletico Madrid. A1-1 draw with Deportivo de A Coruna followed before they were defeated 4-0 by Real Madrid. Malaga only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent LaLiga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored five and conceded seven goals.
Levante Form
Levante collected a single win and a draw in their past three outings, in which they were first defeated 3-0 against Espanyol. They followed up, drawing 0-0 with Osasuna, before winning 5-2 against Real Betis. Levante only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the LaLiga. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by 12 goals to five.
Betting stats and facts for Malaga and Levante
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Malaga and Levante played across all tournaments.
- In 25 of the last 27 Malaga matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 14 Malaga home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Malaga have lost 7 of the last 9 matches in the LaLiga while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 6 of the last 8 Malaga matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Malaga home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 9 Levante matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Levante away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Levante away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 Levante matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Levante away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Malaga vs Levante
Having scored just once lately in the LaLiga, Chupe will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Levante hope Roger Brugue can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three LaLiga goals in his last six LaLiga games.
Popular betting markets: Malaga vs Levante
Full-time result
Malaga claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in seven of the games, whilst losing one. Levante won one of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost six of the games in this run. Levante have not lost to Malaga in 6 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Malaga only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Levante scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Levante will feel optimistic about scoring on Sunday with Malaga managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Malaga, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Levante, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves. Malaga conceded a goal in their previous 7 matches.
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