Sporting Gijón 1-3 Málaga: result and report
La Liga 2 · Sunday 4 January 2026
Result
Sporting Gijón 1-3 Málaga
La Liga 2 · Sunday 4 January 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sporting Gijón 1-3 Málaga: match report
Sporting Gijón were beaten by Málaga 1-3 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 4 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Chupe opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Sporting Gijón's goal came from Juan Otero (81', penalty). Málaga scored through Chupe (35'), Adrián Niño (58') and Julen Lobete (87').
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Málaga received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 7th on 30 points from 19 and Málaga 11th on 26 points from 19. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 9th with 61 points, and Málaga 2nd with 81.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Murillo of Málaga (7.5), level with Chupe (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sporting Gijón wins, 4 draws and 3 for Málaga.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · César Gelabert
- 35'Goal · Chupe
- 42'Yellow card · David Larrubia
- 58'Goal · Adrián Niño
- 74'Yellow card · Rafa Rodríguez
- 81'Penalty goal · Juan Otero
- 85'Red card · Brian Oliván
- 87'Goal · Julen Lobete
- 88'Yellow card · Julen Lobete
- 90+7'Yellow card · Diego Sánchez
- 90+9'Yellow card
- 90+9'Yellow card · Carlos Puga
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rubén Yáñez, Guille Rosas, Eric Curbelo, Pablo Vázquez, Diego Sánchez, Jesús Bernal, Nacho Martín, Jonathan Dubasin, César Gelabert, Gaspar Campos, Juan Otero
Málaga line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alfonso Herrero, Carlos Puga, Diego Murillo, Einar Galilea, Rafita Garrido, David Larrubia, Izan Merino, Aarón Ochoa, Carlos Dotor, Adrián Niño Heredia, Chupe