Málaga 1-2 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 17 February 2018
Result
Málaga 1-2 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 17 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 1-2 Valencia: match report
Málaga were beaten by Valencia 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 17 February 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Brown Ideye opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Málaga's goal came from Brown Ideye (27'). Valencia scored through Francis Coquelin (80') and Dani Parejo (85', penalty).
Discipline: Málaga received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 20th on 13 points from 23 and Valencia 3rd on 43 points from 23. Málaga went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Valencia 4th with 73.
Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Francis Coquelin of Valencia (8.4), ahead of Dani Parejo (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Málaga wins, 2 draws and 6 for Valencia.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Valencia's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Brown Ideye
- 33'Yellow card · Jeison Murillo
- 62'Yellow card · Manuel Iturra
- 70'Yellow card · Francis Coquelin
- 75'Yellow card · G. Castro
- 75'Yellow card · Dani Parejo
- 77'Yellow card · Carlos Soler
- 80'Goal · Francis Coquelin
- 85'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Roberto Jiménez, Ignasi Miquel, Diego González, Luis Hernández, Roberto Rosales, Manuel Iturra, Gonzalo Castro, Recio, Maxime Lestienne, Brown Ideye, Youssef En-Nesyri
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Rúben Vezo, Jeison Murillo, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Carlos Soler, Luciano Vietto, Santi Mina