Malaga vs Racing de Santander - prediction, team news, lineups

Malaga's hunt for their archetypal triumph of the 2026-27 La Liga run volition proceed connected Saturday day erstwhile they invited Racing de Santander to Estadio La Rosaleda.

The hosts volition participate the lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 decision to Real Betis, portion Racing suffered a 3-0 location nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid past clip out.

Match preview

Malaga boast a grounds of 5 draws and six defeats from their 11 matches successful Spain's apical formation this season, with 5 points leaving them astatine the bottommost of the La Liga table.

The White and Sky Blues did grounds a 3-0 triumph implicit Alcazar successful the Copa del Rey connected October 27, but they were incapable to backmost that up, losing 2-1 against Real Betis successful their past league fixture.

Juan Francisco Funes' broadside are already 5 points from the information of 17th spot and volition surely beryllium wary of that spread widening up of the November planetary break.

Malaga person faced Racing connected 30 erstwhile occasions successful each competitions and pb the head-to-head, having posted 13 victories to the latter's nine.

That said, Malaga are winless successful their past six matches against Racing, with their past occurrence successful this fixture coming backmost successful February 2020 successful the Segunda Division.

Racing picked up a constituent connected their past sojourn to Malaga - successful past season's Segunda Division run - portion they person been victorious successful 3 of the past 5 games betwixt the 2 sides, which is simply a grounds that volition manus them confidence.

The Green and Whites were beaten 3-0 by Real Madrid past clip out, with the effect leaving them 16th successful the La Liga table, picking up 11 points from 11 matches courtesy of a grounds of 3 wins, 2 draws and six defeats.

Jose Alberto's squad really person the worst antiaircraft grounds successful Spain's apical formation this season, conceding 29 times successful their 11 games, which is 8 much than Malaga.

That said, Racing person been comparatively beardown down the different end, scoring 15 goals, portion Malaga person lone recovered the backmost of the nett connected 8 occasions.

These are the benignant of matches that could person a large accidental successful determining whether Malaga, Racing oregon some teams are susceptible of avoiding relegation this season.

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Racing de Santander La Liga form:

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Team News

Malaga tin surely instrumentality plentifulness of positives from their show against Real Betis past clip out, truthful it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot the aforesaid XI instrumentality to the field.

Adrian Nino has scored 5 times successful 7 league appearances for Malaga this play and volition erstwhile again diagnostic successful the last 3rd of the tract for the hosts.

However, each of Juan Cruz, Angel Recio, Diego Murillo, Pablo Martinez, Joaquin Munoz, Julen Lopete and Aaron Ochoa are acceptable to miss the lucifer owed to fittingness issues.

As for Racing, Jorge Salinas volition marque a invited instrumentality to the squad, having served his suspension against Real Madrid past clip out.

However, Andres Martin is erstwhile again expected to miss retired with a muscular issue; Alvaro Mantilla is besides acceptable to beryllium absent with the wounded that forced him disconnected aboriginal against Real Madrid.

Yassir Zabiri has scored 8 times successful 11 league appearances this season, and the 21-year-old volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field.

Malaga imaginable starting lineup:

Herrero; Puga, Calero, Galilea, Rafita; Enriquez; Larrubia, Dotor, Lorenzo, Aznou; Nino

Racing de Santander imaginable starting lineup:

Agirrezabala; Felipe, Ramon, Belocian, Salinas; I Martin, Prati; Luque, Canales, Vicente; Zabiri

We say: Malaga 1-1 Racing de Santander

Malaga's winless tally volition extremity astatine immoderate stage, but we are not expecting it to hap this weekend; Racing are susceptible of picking up a constituent connected the roadworthy successful this fixture.

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