VS
Malaga vs Sevilla brings a regional Spanish meeting whose competitive identity has been shaped by changing contexts and Sevilla’s greater consistency. Sevilla have usually carried the stronger hand, but Malaga have shown at La Rosaleda that the gap can narrow when intensity and local familiarity set the tone. A future meeting would ask whether Sevilla’s authority returns or whether Malaga can again make the occasion about disruption and emotional control.
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Malaga
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26F
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19F
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21M
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5M
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13G
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22M
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23D
Sevilla Substitutes
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M
22
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F
23
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D
12
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M
7
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G
13
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M
15
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F
20
Match events
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12'Miguel Layún Yellow Card
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15'⚽J. Correa Normal Goal (Asst: Nolito)
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34'Y. En-Nesyri I. Success
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44'Brown Ideye Yellow Card
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63'F. Vázquez J. Correa
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65'Roberto Rosales Yellow Card
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67'Pablo Sarabia Yellow Card
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76'Bueno B. Ideye
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78'Sandro Ramírez W. Ben Yedder
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84'Samu Diego González
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88'J. Geis Nolito
Stats for this game
Matchup Malaga VS Sevilla
Sevilla’s edge, Málaga’s resistance
Sevilla have generally set the terms in this fixture, using greater control and sharper finishing to turn close contests their way. Their 1–0 win at La Rosaleda on 28 February 2018, decided by Joaquín Correa, is a useful example: Málaga competed for long stretches but could not convert pressure into an equaliser. Sevilla also won 4–1 at home on 17 December 2016, reinforcing the broader hierarchy without removing the local challenge.
Home ground can change the tone
Málaga’s strongest reply in the cited sequence came at La Rosaleda on 1 May 2017, when a 4–2 victory demonstrated how quickly the home side could turn direct attacks into a high-scoring advantage. A 0–0 draw at the same venue on 21 August 2015 adds a quieter counterpoint. The clubs have met across changing competitive circumstances, so a future meeting would renew the familiar tension between Sevilla’s measured authority and Málaga’s capacity to make the contest physical, urgent and difficult to manage.