The La Liga 2 tie at Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat on Sunday will see hosts Eldense take on Málaga.
Our Eldense v Málaga predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
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Eldense
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Eldense will be hoping for a better result after a 5-0 La Liga 2 defeat last time out to UD Almería.
In that match, Eldense had 46% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Almeria had 24 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Leo Baptistão (35'), Nico Melamed (39'), Luis Suárez (54', 70') and Gui Guedes (89') scored for UD Almería.
Eldense have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their goals record equals just 3 vs opponents over the course of their previous six matches. In those games, Eldense have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 9.
Heading into this contest, Eldense are without a win at home for the past 5 league matches. Things will have to change soon.
Málaga
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Málaga will go into this encounter following a 1-0 La Liga 2 win against Granada in their previous outing.
In that game, Málaga had 52% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Málaga was Antonio Cordero (28'). Granada had 7 attempts at goal with 0 on target.
Throughout their six most recent matches, Sergio Pellicer's Málaga have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 5 times, earning them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.
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Head to head
The previous league clash featuring these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 20 on 18/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Málaga 3-0 Eldense.
On that day, Málaga had 62% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Antonio Cordero (8'), Nélson Monte (28') and Kevin Medina (93').
On the other side, Eldense had 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target.
The referee was Rafael Sánchez López.
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Team News: Eldense
In all likelihood, Eldense may well opt for a 4-4-2 system in the match with Dani Martín, Raúl Parra, Dario Dumic, Matia Barzic, Marc Mateu, Víctor García, Sergio Ortuño, Amadou Diawara, Fede Vico, Javi Llabrés and Ivan Chapela.
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Team News: Málaga
Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Málaga manager Sergio Pellicer to be concerned about. Haitam Abaida (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.
There’s a good chance that Los Boquerones might utilise a 4-4-2 formation, starting the game with Alfonso Herrero, Diego Murillo, Nélson Monte, Einar Galilea, Dani Sánchez, Antoñito Cordero, Izan Merino, Luismi, Julen Lobete, David Larrubia and Chupete.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that Eldense are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
At the other end, Málaga may well find it hard getting goals although we do think that they will probably end up scoring here as well.
Our selection here is for a 3-1 margin for Eldense at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the full-time result market, putting your money on Eldense is best priced at 1.75, backing the draw is 3.7 and putting your money on the winner to be Málaga will get you 4.5. They are the best prices being offered right now.
Andre Moura,
10:21 08/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Eldense
Formed: 1921
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat (4,036)
Captain: Sergio Ortuño
Chairman: Pascual Pérez Castillo
Manager: José Oltra
Competitions: La Liga 2 position 19
⭐ Key Player: Ivan Chapela
Usually used in the Right Wing position, Ivan Chapela was born in Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain. Having played his first senior match for Cádiz in the 2021 - 2022 season, the talented Forward has scored 3 league goals in the Segunda División 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 26 appearances.