Málaga 2-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga 2 · Sunday 21 December 2025
Result
Málaga 2-1 Almería
La Liga 2 · Sunday 21 December 2025, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 2-1 Almería: match report
Málaga beat Almería 2-1 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 21 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dani Lorenzo opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Málaga's goals came from Dani Lorenzo (33') and Chupe (81'). Almería scored through Sergio Arribas (69', penalty).
Discipline: Málaga received 7 yellow cards; Almería received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 12th on 23 points from 18 and Almería 3rd on 33 points from 18. Málaga went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Almería 3rd with 80.
Málaga lined up in a 4-3-3 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Arribas of Almería (7.8), level with Chupe (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Málaga win, 4 draws and 5 for Almería.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-D-D-W-L and Almería's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Álex Muñoz
- 27'Yellow card · Daijiro Chirino
- 33'Goal · Dani Lorenzo
- 36'Yellow card · Izan Merino
- 41'Yellow card · Diego Murillo
- 69'Penalty goal · Sergio Arribas
- 76'Yellow card · Nélson Monte
- 81'Goal · Chupe
- 81'Yellow card · Chupe
- 90'Yellow card
- 90'Yellow card · Carlos Puga
- 90+4'Yellow card · Dion Lopy
- 90+5'Yellow card
- 90+5'Yellow card · Víctor García
Head-to-head
Team news
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Málaga line-up (4-3-3)
Alfonso Herrero, Carlos Puga, Diego Murillo, Einar Galilea, Víctor García, Carlos Dotor, Izan Merino, Dani Lorenzo, David Larrubia, Chupe, Joaquín Muñoz
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andrés Fernández, Daijiro Chirino, Aridane Hernández, Nélson Monte, Álex Muñoz, Iddrisu Baba, Dion Lopy, Sergio Arribas, Gui Guedes, Adrián Embarba, Thalys