Málaga 3-1 Levante: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 15 September 2012
Result
Málaga 3-1 Levante
La Liga · Saturday 15 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 3-1 Levante: match report
Málaga won against Levante 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 15 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Málaga's goals came from Javier Saviola (27'), Joaquín (59') and Francisco Portillo (90+3'). Levante scored through Míchel Herrero (46').
Discipline: Málaga received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Levante received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Levante 11th on 4 points from 3. Málaga went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Levante 9th with 49.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Levante in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Málaga wins, 0 draws and 2 for Levante.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-D-W and Levante's W-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Christian Lell
- 25'Yellow card · Ballesteros
- 27'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 36'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 46'Goal · Míchel Herrero
- 54'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
- 59'Goal · Joaquín
- 68'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 69'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 80'Yellow card · W. Caballero
- 86'Yellow card · Míchel Herrero
- 87'Second yellow · Sergio Sánchez
- 90+3'Goal · Francisco Portillo
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Willy Caballero, Weligton, Nacho Monreal, Eliseu, Sergio Sánchez, Ignacio Camacho, Isco, Joaquín, Javier Saviola, Francisco Portillo, Martín Demichelis
Levante line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Navarro, Ballesteros, Christian Lell, Barkero, Nabil El Zhar, Juanlu, Míchel Herrero, Pape Diop, Theofanis Gekas, Gustavo Munúa Vera, Juanfran