Málaga 3-0 Real Zaragoza: result and report
La Liga 2 · Monday 20 February 2023
Result
Málaga 3-0 Real Zaragoza
La Liga 2 · Monday 20 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Málaga 3-0 Real Zaragoza: match report
Málaga beat Real Zaragoza 3-0 in La Liga 2 on Monday 20 February 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Rubén Castro opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Málaga's goals came from Rubén Castro (56'), Lago Júnior (75') and Rubén Castro (82'). Real Zaragoza did not score.
Discipline: Málaga received no yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 21st on 22 points from 27 and Real Zaragoza 16th on 33 points from 27. Málaga went on to finish that season 19th with 44 points, and Real Zaragoza 13th with 53.
Málaga lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rubén Castro of Málaga (8.7), ahead of Fran Villalba (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Málaga wins, 4 draws and 3 for Real Zaragoza.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Real Zaragoza's L-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Gaizka Larrazabal
- 56'Goal · Rubén Castro
- 75'Goal · Lago Júnior
- 80'Yellow card · Giuliano Simeone
- 82'Goal · Rubén Castro
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-1-4-1)
Rubén Yáñez, Julián Delmás, Jonas Ramalho, Juande Rivas, Cristian Gutiérrez, Genaro, Junior Wakalible Lago, Fran Villalba, Alfred N'Diaye, Aleix Febas, Fran Sol
Real Zaragoza line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Gaizka Larrazabal, Lluís López, Jair Amador, Carlos Nieto, Francho Serrano, Tomás Alarcón, Sergio Bermejo, Valentín Vada, Bebé, Giuliano Simeone