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Friday, 23/10/2026 at 21:00

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Match preview · La Liga

Deportivo Alavés – Málaga

Deportivo Alavés 6th in La Liga Home 1.55 projected goals by the model
Málaga 20th in La Liga Away 0.79 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.55 0.79
Deportivo Alavés Málaga
Deportivo Alavés
55%
Draw
29%
Málaga
16%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Deportivo Alavés Draw Málaga
Fair odds 1.83 3.39 6.26
Total goals
2.34
Over 2.5 goals
42%
Both teams to score
49%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

Market odds are not available for this match yet.

The model's case

Why the model leans Deportivo Alavés

55% Deportivo Alavés to win

Attack
9th vs 16th
Deportivo Alavés attack v Málaga defence
Defence
6th vs 18th
Deportivo Alavés defence v Málaga attack
Recent xG form
-0.18 vs -0.84
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.55 – 0.79
Deportivo Alavés v Málaga

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Deportivo Alavés and Málaga compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Deportivo Alavés Málaga
xG / match (better) 1.28 · 9th 0.84 · 19th
xGA / match (better) 1.19 · 5th 1.66 · 14th
xGD / match (better) +0.09 · 6th -0.83 · 20th
xPts / match (better) 1.44 · 6th 0.86 · 20th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.18 -0.84

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 40% of the model's distribution.

Deportivo Alavés clean sheet
42%
Deportivo Alavés 2+ goals
47%
Under 2.5 goals
58%
Both teams to score: no
51%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.3%
1:0
12.6%
2:0
11.9%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Deportivo Alavés sample
20 matches
Málaga sample
7 matches
Home xG sample · Deportivo Alavés
4 matches
Away xG sample · Málaga
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Málaga has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.