Málaga vs Elche prediction and preview

Málaga vs Elche

La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga

Málaga · Elche · La Liga predictions

Málaga welcome Elche at Estadio La Rosaleda in Málaga on Sunday 3 January 2027 (00:00 UTC) in La Liga. Málaga sit 20th on 5 points after 11 matches, while Elche go into the round 17th, on 10 points from 11 games.

Málaga come into the game with a L-D-L-D-L run in the league (0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Elche's recent sequence reads L-W-D-D-W. Over their last 6, Málaga have scored 1.0 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Elche average 1.3 scored and 0.8 conceded across their last 6, with 3 clean sheets.

Head to head, Málaga have 2 wins to Elche's 1 across 4 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 1.8 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 3 May 2015, ended Málaga 1-1 Elche.