La Liga
· Round 6 · Thu 17 Sep, 19:30
Pre-match prediction
24%
26%
50%
Malaga 24%
Draw 26%
50% Villarreal
⏳Made before lineups were confirmed for this match.
Expected goals
0.91 – 1.41
Over 2.5 goals
41%
Both teams to score
45%
Model confidence
normal
Most likely scorelines
0-1 14%
1-1 13%
0-0 10%
0-2 10%
1-2 9%
Compared to the betting market (reference only, not used as a model input)
Malaga
24% vs 28%
Draw
26% vs 27%
Villarreal
50% vs 46%
Lineups
Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.
V
Villarreal
4-4-2
25
Gulácsi GK
6.4
1492
3
Freeman LB
6.8
1496
6
Navarro CB
6.7
1554
12
Veiga CB
6.9
1517
23
Cardona RB
6.8
1606
10
Moleiro LM
8.2
1546
14
Comesaña CM
7.2
1668
17
Buchanan CM
7.2
1526
24
Saliba RM
11
Akhomach ST
1A
7.6
1556
22
Pérez ST
1A
7.3
1545
1
Herrero GK
5.5
1458
3
Puga LB
5.7
1466
4
Galilea CB
6.0
1462
12
Salinas CB
5.5
1487
15
Recio RB
6.4
1464
8
Dotor CDM
7.3
1466
10
Larrubia LM
5.6
1462
18
Martínez CAM
5.9
1477
19
Cruz CAM
1A
6.4
1484
23
Merino RM
6.3
1472
9
Chupe ST
6.7
1460
M
Malaga
4-1-4-1
Malaga · Bench
Álex Pastor, Ramón Enríquez, Joaquín Muñoz, Carlos López, Rafa Rodríguez, Eneko Jauregi, Adrián Niño Heredia, Dani Lorenzo, Juan Berrocal, Rafita, J. Fernandez
Villarreal · Bench
Luíz Júnior, Logan Costa, A. Diatta, Gerard Moreno, G. Mikautadze, Rubén Gómez, S. Mouriño, C. Macia, P. Gueye, N. Pépé, Carlos Romero, T. Oluwaseyi
Malaga · last 5 C
News
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