Real Zaragoza vs Malaga Prediction and Betting Tips | November 17th 2024

Real Zaragoza will host Malaga at La Romareda on Sunday in another round of the 2024-25 La Liga 2 campaign. The home side have struggled for results in the league in recent games after a solid start to their season, although they remain in the race for the promotion playoffs as they sit third in the table with 23 points from 14 matches.

They played out a 1-1 draw against Huesca in their last match, heading into the break a goal down before Ivan Azon Monzon leveled the scores midway through the second half to register his seventh goal in as many games.

Malaga have enjoyed a very encouraging return to the Spanish second tier and are well on course to avoid the drop. They beat Cartagena 1-0 last Saturday, with veteran striker Dioni squandering an early penalty kick before Nelson Monte scored the game-winner late in the first half.

The visitors sit 10th in the league standings with 20 points from 13 matches and will be looking to add to that tally when they head to Aragon on Sunday.

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Real Zaragoza vs Malaga Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Sunday's game will mark the 35th meeting between Zaragoza and Malaga. The hosts have won nine of their previous matchups while the visitors have won three more, with their other 13 matchups ending in draws.
• The visitors are undefeated in their last four games in this fixture.
• The hosts are without a clean sheet in their last six games in this fixture, a run dating back to 2020.
• Los Manos are the joint-highest-scoring side in the Segunda Division this season with a goal tally of 24.

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Real Zaragoza vs Malaga Prediction

Zaragoza are on a three-game unbeaten streak after losing four of their previous six matches. They beat Granada 2-1 in their last home game to snap a three-game losing streak at La Romareda and will be looking to take inspiration from that result this weekend.

Malaga are on a run of back-to-back league wins and have lost just once in the competition all season. However, they are winless in their last nine games on the road and could see defeat here.

Prediction: Real Zaragoza 2-1 Malaga

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Real Zaragoza vs Malaga Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Real Zaragoza to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Seven of the hosts' last eight matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of their last six matchups)