LaLiga: Malaga vs Racing Santander – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 12 match between Malaga and Racing Santander and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Malaga and Racing Santander will be desperate for points on Saturday, as both are very eager to escape their current disappointing position. The question is, whether either team has the guts to go all-out pursuing an important win, or a cautious draw is on the cards instead?

Malaga are placed 20th with five points after 11 matches. Racing Santander occupy a position as 16th in the league on 11 points.

Team form: Malaga vs Racing Santander

Malaga Form

In their last three matches, Malaga lost 2-5 against Real Sociedad, drew 1-1 with Deportivo Alaves, before losing to Real Betis by 2-1. Malaga are without a win in their last six LaLiga matches on home soil, which produced a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded 11 and scored five goals.

Racing Santander Form

It is all or nothing with Racing Santander following one win in their previous three outings. They first went down 2-0 in an encounter with Osasuna to which, they replied by beating Espanyol2-1. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 0-3 against Real Madrid. Racing Santander came through their last six away games in the LaLiga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost six in which, they were outscored by 20 goals to five.

Betting facts for Malaga and Racing Santander

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Malaga and Racing Santander. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Malaga vs Racing Santander

Malaga against Racing Santander is also a battle between Adrian Nino and Yassir Zabiri with both in decent form. The former scored four while the latter has three LaLiga goals in their last six games respectively.

Popular markets: Malaga vs Racing Santander

Full-time result

Malaga won just one of their last 10 games at home, while drawing seven. They lost two at Estadio La Rosaleda in this run of matches. Racing Santander won one of their last 10 away games, whilst drawing two and losing seven. Astonishingly, Racing Santander conceded a goal in their last 27 matches. Malaga have beaten Racing Santander in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Malaga scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Curiously, Racing Santander only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Malaga games Malaga probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Saturday, as Racing Santander managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Racing Santander have scored in 3 consecutive league meetings with Malaga.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Malaga’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Racing Santander. They performed an average of 1.5 goals in these. Malaga conceded a goal in their 7 most recent matches.