Elche 2-0 Málaga: result and report
La Liga 2 · Friday 19 October 2018
Result
Elche 2-0 Málaga
La Liga 2 · Friday 19 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Elche 2-0 Málaga: match report
Elche defeated Málaga 2-0 in La Liga 2 on Friday 19 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Neyder Lozano opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Elche's goals came from Neyder Lozano (36') and Borja Giner (63'). Málaga did not score.
Discipline: Elche received 3 yellow cards; Málaga received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Elche were 19th on 8 points from 9 and Málaga 1st on 22 points from 9. Elche went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Málaga 5th with 74.
Elche lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Málaga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Francis Uzoho of Elche (8.7), ahead of Borja Martínez (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Elche win, 1 draw and 2 for Málaga.
Going into the match Elche's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Málaga's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Neyder Lozano
- 38'Yellow card · Gonzalo Villar
- 62'Yellow card · Federico Ricca
- 63'Goal · Borja Giner
- 68'Yellow card · Manolín
- 88'Yellow card · Benja
Head-to-head
Team news
Elche line-up (4-1-4-1)
Francis Uzoho, Tekio, Gonzalo Verdú, Neyder Lozano, Juan Cruz, Michiel Mahieu, Iván Sánchez, Gonzalo Villar, Javi Flores, Borja Martínez, Sory Kaba
Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Munir El Kajoui, Iván Rodríguez, Luis Hernández, Pau Torres, Federico Ricca, Juanpi, Alfred N'Diaye, Adrián González Morales, Javi Ontiveros, Gustavo Blanco, Jack Harper