La Liga · Matchday 12 
Our pick Home win Missed
Malaga seek a lift as Racing Santander visit La Rosaleda
Malaga are without a win in eleven league matches and sit six points behind Racing Santander. Their visitors have lost all five away league games, giving the hosts a chance to make ground.
📍 La Rosaleda
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Match report
Final result: Malaga 1-2 Racing Santander.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 16–21; Shots on target: 8–7; Corners: 6–3; Expected goals: 1.99–2.44.
Goals
- 28' Carlos Dotor · Adrián Niño · Malaga
- 50' Iker Luque · Pablo Ramon Parra · Racing Santander
- 60' Yassir Zabiri · Racing Santander
Cards
- 31' Julen Agirrezabala · Racing Santander
- 38' Adam Aznou · Malaga
- 45+1' Einar Galilea · Malaga
- 64' Adam Aznou · Malaga
- 76' Adrián Niño · Malaga
- 80' Carlos Ruiz Rubio · Malaga
- 90' Carlos Dotor · Malaga
- 90+1' Giorgi Guliashvili · Racing Santander
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: Julen Agirrezabala (Racing Santander) 8.6
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Malaga · 5-3-2
- 1Alfonso HerreroG
- 31RafitaD
- 20Fernando CaleroD
- 5Álex PastorD
- 4Einar GalileaD
- 39Adam Aznou Ben CheikhD
- 8Carlos DotorM
- 6Ramón EnríquezM
- 22Dani LorenzoM
- 21Adrián Niño HerediaF
- 9ChupeF
Coach: Funes
Racing Santander · 4-2-3-1
- 13Julen AgirrezabalaG
- 5Pablo RamónD
- 22Pedro FelipeD
- 24J. BelocianD
- 17Jorge SalinasD
- 23Iván MartínM
- 18M. PratiM
- 19Iker LuqueM
- 20Sergio CanalesM
- 10Iñigo VicenteM
- 21M. ZabiriF
Coach: José Alberto López
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Malaga | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| Racing Santander | 1.4 | 2.6 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Racing Santander | 11 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | Malaga | 11 | -13 | 5 |
Last meetings
- 2026 Malaga 1-1 Racing Santander
- 2025 Racing Santander 3-0 Malaga
- 2025 Racing Santander 2-1 Malaga
- 2024 Malaga 0-0 Racing Santander
- 2023 Malaga 0-1 Racing Santander
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Open game
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.71 – 1.46
- Double chance
- 12 · 76%1X 67% · X2 57%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 61%Over 1.5: 83% · Over 3.5: 39%
- Both teams score
- 63%
- Clean sheet
- 23% – 18%Malaga–Racing Santander
- Half-time result
- X · 38%1 34% · 2 28%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 26%2/2 19% · X/1 14%
- Expected corners
- 12.77.9 – 4.8 · Over 9.5: 80%
- Expected cards
- 4.92.2 – 2.7 · Over 3.5: 71%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
A chance to climb
Malaga are without a win in eleven league matches, and the gap to Racing Santander stands at six points. With Malaga 20th on five points after 11 games and Racing 16th on 11, Saturday’s meeting at La Rosaleda offers the home side a chance to climb the standings. Malaga have five draws and six defeats so far, while Racing have three wins, two draws and six defeats.
Two sides looking for a response
Both teams come into the match after league defeats. Malaga’s last five brought two draws and three defeats, with five goals scored and 10 conceded. Their record at La Rosaleda is three draws and two defeats in five games; they have scored five and conceded 10 there.
Racing have taken one win and one draw alongside three defeats in their last five, scoring four and conceding 13. Their away record is a particular concern: five defeats from five league trips, with four goals scored and 18 conceded. Malaga’s long winless run meets Racing’s poor travel form, though neither side arrives in winning form.
Recent meetings favour Racing
Racing are unbeaten in the last five meetings, winning three and drawing two; Malaga have not won any of them. The most recent encounter, in May in the Segunda División, ended 1-1. Three of those five meetings featured two goals or fewer, a reminder that this fixture has not always produced a high score.
Malaga’s attack against Racing’s away defence
Malaga have scored eight goals and conceded 21 in 11 league matches, with one clean sheet. Racing have scored 15 but conceded 29, and have yet to keep a clean sheet. Their 18 goals conceded in five away matches leave an opening for Malaga to exploit at home, while the hosts will need to improve on their recent scoring return if they are to turn pressure into points.
Our prediction
Malaga’s home setting and Racing’s record of five away defeats give the hosts a route to a much-needed result. PreviaXI’s model favours Malaga, pointing to the home side’s stronger chance creation, although Racing’s attacking output means the visitors can still threaten.
Malaga 2-1 Racing Santander
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