Villarreal — Malaga

La Liga · Spain

Villarreal

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Malaga

Before kick-off

Team comparison

Statistics, not a prediction

Villarreal

Last 5 completed matches

Malaga

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Head-to-head

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Villarreal

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Malaga

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Figures use the last five completed matches in this competition. They describe statistics and are not a result prediction.

Villarreal

Match events

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Match prediction

Villarreal vs Malaga: prediction and match stats

Statistical prediction based on recent results, goals, xG and xGA.

Saved before kickoff · 01 Nov 2026, 19:56 UTC

xG-based expectation1 · VillarrealAwaiting result

Goals-total expectationUnder 2.5Awaiting result

Head-to-head trends

Latest available head-to-head meetings: 10 · 21 Apr 2014 — 17 Sept 2026

8/10

In 8 of the 10 available recent head-to-head matches, no more than 2 goals were scored.

Under 2.5Odds unavailable

6/10

In 6 of the 10 available recent head-to-head matches, at least one team did not score.

Both teams to score — noOdds unavailable

Included meetings

At least 3 and at most 10 confirmed head-to-head matches from the available archive. Historical frequency is not the probability of the next result. Scores use 90 minutes plus stoppage time, excluding extra time and penalties. The calculation and available odds were frozen before kickoff.

Pre-match data and calculation

Villarreal

2W1D2L5 recent matches

Goals1.00per match

Conceded0.80per match

xG1.855 matches

xGA0.86per match

Over 2.52/5Under 2.53/5

Malaga

0W2D3L5 recent matches

Goals1.00per match

Conceded2.00per match

xG1.055 matches

xGA1.81per match

Over 2.52/5Under 2.53/5

Match prediction and stats

Villarreal over the last 5: 2W, 1D, 2L · 1.00 scored and 0.80 conceded per match.
Malaga over the last 5: 0W, 2D, 3L · 1.00 scored and 2.00 conceded per match.
Villarreal has the stronger xG balance (0.99 per match), based only on the available recent games.
Goals total in recent matches (each team's games, not head-to-head): Villarreal: over 2.5 in 2/5, under 2.5 in 3/5; Malaga: over 2.5 in 2/5, under 2.5 in 3/5. Under 2.5 was more frequent for both teams.