Stat Attack – Malaga vs. Granada
Malaga will be facing the newly promoted side Granada on this weekend in the Spanish La Liga.
Currently, Malaga are fifteenth in the Spanish La Liga points table as they drew their first fixture of La Liga. On the other hand, Granada lost their first fixture of the Spanish La Liga and they currently rest on the seventeenth position.
While Granada are a newly promoted side in the Spanish La Liga, Malaga finished eleventh in La Liga last season.
Malaga will be the hosts in this fixture and it will be for the sixth time that Malaga will be hosting Granada in the Spanish La Liga top flight.
Out of the six times Malaga have hosted Granada in the Spanish La Liga, Malaga have always won. Granada do not have a good away record against Malaga as they have not won a single game against them while being away from home.
Moreover, Malaga have defensively been outstanding in these home fixtures against Granada. Granada have only found the net twice against Malaga in the Primera Division.
Malaga have been the side who have conceded the highest amount of late goals in order to lose or draw games last season. In fact, they were the team which lost the highest amount of points despite taking the lead first. Last season, Malaga have dropped twenty
four points this way.
Granada have managed to qualify for the Primera Division after 35 years. Their last five fixtures in the La Liga were all losses.
Granada do not have a good away record altogether. In their last two campaigns of the Primera Division, they only managed to pick up two wins. Their first win was against Las Parmas which they won 1-2 away from home. Their second win was against Hercules
which they won 0-1 away from home.
Both the sides Granada won against while being away from home, they are both currently not playing in the Primera Division as Hercules took a bright start to the campaign last season but later struggled and got relegated.
Granada have played against other Andalucian side 31 times away from home. Out of those 31 times, Granada have only won once. The game which they won was against Real Betis which they managed to win 0-1.
On the other hand, Malaga have won only one of their last fourteen games against an Andalucian side.
Statistically, both the sides are not very extraordinary at winning games against Andalucian clubs. While Malaga will be looking forward to making their winning record better, Granada are going to try and get a draw out of the game.
In the last six games at home, Malaga have only managed to lose one which was against the current Champions of La Liga – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
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