Tenerife vs Málaga Prediction & Betting Tips

The La Liga 2 fixture at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López on Sunday sees hosts Tenerife welcome Málaga CF.

Our tips, poll and stats for Tenerife v Málaga CF can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.

📊 Form Guide

Tenerife DWDDLL

Tenerife will be hoping to bounce back here after a 2-1 La Liga 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of CD Numancia.

In that match, Tenerife had 63% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Tenerife was Nikola Šipčić (60'). For their opponents, CD Numancia had 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Zlatanović (11') and Sánchez (64') scored for CD Numancia.

Tenerife have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, although they’ve also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Tenerife have seen their goal breached in 5 of them while also scoring in 5 of those games.

Málaga DDWLWD

In their last fixture, Málaga CF drew 0-0 in the La Liga 2 tie with UD Almería.

In that match, Málaga CF managed 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. UD Almería got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

A series of accomplished performances from the Málaga CF defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 2 from their previous 6 outings combined. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 4. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if that trend will be maintained in this match or not.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 07/11/2009 tells us that Tenerife have won 0 of these games & Málaga CF 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.

A combined sum of 9 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for Tenerife and 6 created by Los Boquerones. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was LaLiga2 match day 33 on 15/06/2020 and the score finished Tenerife 0-0 Málaga CF.

In that match, Tenerife had 65% possession and 24 shots on goal with 6 on target.

Málaga CF had 3 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Santiago Varón Aceitón.

ℹ️ Team News: Tenerife

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Tenerife manager Fran Fernández to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Giovanni Zarfino (Unknown Injury) is sidelined.

🗞️ Team News: Málaga

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection, Málaga CF boss Sergio Pellicer has zero fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Tenerife should get amongst the goals when they line up against Málaga CF, who may well find it hard to score.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Tenerife by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 23:17 08/09/2020