FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · La Liga · Thu 17 Sep 2026, 20:30 UTC

Malaga 1–3 Villarreal

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What the chances were worth

Malaga
0.63
expected goals (xG)
Villarreal
3.33
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–3; by chance quality the match ran 0.63–3.33.

The brain read

Villarreal created the better chances — the xG read 0.6–3.3 and the shot count agreed (5–16, 1–7 on target). Villarreal got into the box far more often (12 shots inside it to 4) and Villarreal held 63% of the ball. On the balance of chances, the 1–3 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Malaga
Villarreal
37%
Ball Possession
63%
5
Total Shots
16
1
Shots on Goal
7
4
Shots off Goal
5
0
Blocked Shots
4
4
Shots inside box
12
1
Shots outside box
4
4
Corner Kicks
8
1
Offsides
3
347
Total passes
598
281
Passes accurate
538
17
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Goalkeeper Saves
0
10
Free Kicks
17

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Malaga
26%
market implied · price 3.72 · opened 27%
Draw
25%
market implied · price 3.81 · opened 25%
Villarreal
49%
market implied · price 1.94 · opened 48%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Malaga or draw1.8850.4%-1.2 pts
Double chance Villarreal or draw1.2774.3%+1.2 pts
Double chance either team1.2675.3%-0.0 pts
Draw no bet — Malaga2.6834.7%-1.2 pts
Draw no bet — Villarreal1.4265.3%+1.2 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1879.3%+1.3 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6358.7%+1.3 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.4837.9%+1.0 pts
Both teams to score1.5560.1%+0.5 pts
Malaga over 1.5 team goals2.5636.6%+0.4 pts
Villarreal over 1.5 team goals1.7553.8%+0.9 pts
Malaga clean sheet5.5017.2%+0.0 pts
Villarreal clean sheet3.2529.0%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 7.02 · 1-2 8.09 · 0-1 9.26 · 0-2 10.43 · 2-2 11.59

Prices are observations, not offers. Nothing here is advice or staked.

How to read this table

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-17 19:00 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.