Málaga 1-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Friday 9 October 2026

Result

Málaga 1-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Friday 9 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga · half-time 0-1

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Málaga 1-1 Espanyol: match report

Málaga drew with Espanyol 1-1 in La Liga on Friday 9 October 2026 at Estadio La Rosaleda. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Bryan Zaragoza opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Málaga's goal came from Adrián Niño Heredia (90+3'). Espanyol scored through Bryan Zaragoza (13').

Discipline: Málaga received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Málaga were 20th on 3 points from 7 and Espanyol 15th on 7 points from 7. In the current table Málaga are 20th on 5 points and Espanyol are 14th on 11 points.

Málaga lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Larrubia of Málaga (7.8), ahead of Ángel Fortuño (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Málaga win, 3 draws and 6 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Espanyol's L-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Bryan ZaragozaEspanyol · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Javi HernándezEspanyol
  • 28'Yellow card · Carlos PugaMálaga
  • 28'Yellow card · Bryan ZaragozaEspanyol
  • 41'Yellow card · ChupeMálaga
  • 60'Yellow card · Omar El HilaliEspanyol
  • 66'Yellow card · Carlos DotorMálaga
  • 84'Yellow card · Clemens RiedelEspanyol
  • 87'Yellow card · Roger HinojoEspanyol
  • 89'Yellow card · Adam AznouMálaga
  • 90+3'Goal · Adrián Niño HerediaMálaga · 1-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Espanyol113261314-111LDLLW
20Málaga11056821-135LDLDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Málaga 1, draws 3, Espanyol 6.

Team news

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Málaga line-up (4-1-4-1)

Alfonso Herrero, Carlos Puga, Fernando Calero, Ángel Recio, Rafita Garrido, Rafa Rodríguez, David Larrubia, Dani Lorenzo, Pablo Martínez, Joaquín Muñoz, Chupe

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ángel Fortuño, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Leandro Cabrera, Quilindschy Hartman, Pol Lozano, Edu Expósito, Tyrhys Dolan, Javi Hernández, Bryan Zaragoza, Roberto Fernández

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