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Preview Malaga vs Villarreal September 16, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

Spain   /   La Liga
Malaga
Malaga
Home · last 5 L D
Kick-off
Wed 16 Sep · 15:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
Villarreal
Villarreal
D D Away · last 5
Home Win · MAL
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Best
Draw
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Away Win · VIL
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Last 5 matches · all competitions
Malaga
W/D/L 0-1-1
Goals (for / against) 1 / 3
Avg goals / match 2.0
Scored in 1/2
Clean sheets 0/2
Both teams scored 1/2
Over 2.5 0/2
Home (W-D-L) 0-1-0
Away (W-D-L) 0-0-1
xG (for / against) 1.06 / 0.97
Villarreal
W/D/L 1-2-2
Goals (for / against) 11 / 10
Avg goals / match 4.2
Scored in 4/5
Clean sheets 0/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 4/5
Home (W-D-L) 1-0-1
Away (W-D-L) 0-2-1
xG (for / against) 1.75 / 1.26

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
0.50
Goals Scored
2
1.50
Goals Conceded
2
1.06
Expected Goals (xG)
2.24
1.50
Shots on Target
6.50
4
Corners
6.50
51
Possession (%)
53.50
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
79
OFF · home
57
DEF · home
0
OFF · away
87
67
DEF · away
27
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

Malaga wins when scoring first
Villarreal wins when scoring first
57%
Malaga BTTS rate · last 2
50%
Villarreal BTTS rate · last 10
90%
Malaga Over 2.5 · last 2
0%
Villarreal Over 2.5 · last 10
70%
Malaga comeback rate · last 2
Villarreal comeback rate · last 10
0%

🔥 Goal timing

Malaga · last 1 at home

0–15 0%
16–30 0%
31–45 100%
46–60 0%
61–75 0%
76–90 0%

Villarreal · last 10 away

0–15 9%
16–30 9%
31–45 36%
46–60 18%
61–75 9%
76–90 18%
First-half-heavy — over half the goals before the break.

Top scorers

N. Pépé
VIL · Midfielder
1 G · 0.58 g/90
P. Gueye
VIL · Midfielder
1 G · 0.50 g/90