Málaga 3-2 Almería: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2009

Result

Málaga 3-2 Almería

La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Málaga · Almería · La Liga predictions

Málaga 3-2 Almería: match report

Málaga beat Almería 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 8 February 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

K. Uche opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Málaga's goals came from Albert Luque (48'), Salva Ballesta (64') and Salva Ballesta (75'). Almería scored through K. Uche (25') and Álvaro Negredo (45').

Discipline: Málaga received 5 yellow cards; Almería received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Málaga were 8th on 32 points from 21 and Almería 15th on 24 points from 21. Málaga went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Almería 12th with 46.

Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 0 draws and 1 for Almería.

Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Almería's L-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Juanma OrtizAlmería
  • 25'Goal · K. UcheAlmería · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Jesús GámezMálaga
  • 40'Yellow card · H. PelleranoAlmería
  • 45'Goal · Álvaro NegredoAlmería · 0-2
  • 48'Goal · Albert LuqueMálaga · 1-2
  • 50'Yellow card · EliseuMálaga
  • 50'Yellow card · Albert LuqueMálaga
  • 52'Yellow card · WeligtonMálaga
  • 54'Yellow card · ManéAlmería
  • 58'Yellow card · CrusatAlmería
  • 58'Yellow card · DudaMálaga
  • 64'Goal · Salva BallestaMálaga · 2-2
  • 75'Goal · Salva BallestaMálaga · 3-2
  • 87'Second yellow · ManéAlmería

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Málaga 0, draws 0, Almería 1.

Team news

Málaga expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Gabriel, Gerardo, Jorge Ribeiro, Jesús Gámez, Duda, Apoño, Pablo Couñago, Nabil Baha

Almería line-up (4-4-2)

Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Iriney Santos, Crusat, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Soriano