Málaga 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 2 March 2016
Result
Málaga 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Wednesday 2 March 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Málaga 1-2 Valencia: match report
Málaga lost to Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Wednesday 2 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Duje Cop opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Málaga's goal came from Duje Cop (14'). Valencia scored through an own goal by C. Kameni (41') and Denis Cheryshev (49').
Discipline: Málaga received 6 yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 14th on 29 points from 26 and Valencia 10th on 33 points from 26. Málaga went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Valencia 13th with 44.
Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Shkodran Mustafi of Valencia (7.9), ahead of Dani Parejo (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Málaga wins, 1 draw and 6 for Valencia.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read D-D-L-W-D and Valencia's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Duje Cop
- 19'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
- 30'Yellow card · José Gayà
- 32'Yellow card · J. Añor
- 35'Yellow card · Denis Cheryshev
- 41'Own goal · C. Kameni
- 49'Goal · Denis Cheryshev
- 62'Yellow card · Raúl Albentosa
- 63'Yellow card · Sofiane Feghouli
- 63'Yellow card · Miguel Torres
- 64'Yellow card · Duda
- 66'Yellow card · Recio
- 77'Yellow card · Charles
- 90+2'Yellow card · Pablo Piatti
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga expected line-up (4-4-2)
Carlos Kameni, Roberto Rosales, Raúl Albentosa, Weligton, Recio, Ignacio Camacho, Juanpi, Pablo Fornals, Duje Cop, Charles Días, Nordin Amrabat
Valencia line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Antonio Barragán, Shkodran Mustafi, Aderllan Santos, José Gayà, Dani Parejo, Javi Fuego, André Gomes, Sofiane Feghouli, Paco Alcácer, Denis Cheryshev