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Alaves vs Malaga: La Liga prediction, stats and bet builder tips

Alaves
La Liga
Friday · 19:00 UTC
VS
Estadio Mendizorrotza

Malaga
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Alaves
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Malaga
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Top picksStarting XI only
Highest-confidence selections across every marketMost likely tackle99Puga
MAL · CB
MAL · CBMost likely shot97Toni Martínez
ALA · ST
ALA · STMost likely foul92Puga
MAL · CB
MAL · CBMost likely fouled90Miguel Rodríguez
ALA · ST
ALA · STMost likely booking84Puga
MAL · CB
MAL · CBMost likely SoT64Toni Martínez
ALA · ST
ALA · STMatch outcome
Dixon-Coles Bivariate Poisson
ALA55.3%DRAW25.1%
MAL19.6%Most likely score1–111.9% · xG 1.75–0.94
Over 1.575.4%Over 2.550.0%Over 3.527.7%Under 2.550.0%BTTS51.0%
InputsClub strength rating 1535 vs 1500 (rating diff 35), built from league table position and recent form.Uncertainty bands ±120 / ±150 widen the Poisson tails for low-data sides.Competition La Liga, home advantage applied to the home lambda.
How the markets fall outλH 1.75, λA 0.94 feed a 0-5 probability grid with Dixon-Coles low-score correction.1X2 sums the grid by sign of (x − y); goal lines sum cells where x + y ≥ threshold; BTTS sums cells with x > 0 AND y > 0.Mode scoreline is the highest single-cell probability on the grid.
Goals and form
The record behind the projection, at this venue and in this competition
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at home
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Goal or assist
Only genuine shouts · model + recent form · click any pick for reasoningShot on target 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningTMToni MartínezAlaves · ST
64medium
1+best shout6456% hit2+2928% hit
SoT/90 1.08·Shots/90 3.12
Last 500011
A regular goal threat who works the keeper.
AHAdrián Niño HerediaMalaga · ST
62medium
1+best shout6275% hit2+2733% hit
SoT/90 2.01·Shots/90 3.25
Last 510022
High shot volume: he tests the keeper most weeks.
CHChupeMalaga · ST
60low
1+best shout6059% hit2+3135% hit
SoT/90 1.31·Shots/90 2.40
Last 500012
A regular goal threat who works the keeper.
Shots 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningTMToni MartínezAlaves · ST
97high
1+9789% hit2+best shout8172% hit
Shots/90 3.12·SoT/90 1.08
Last 513013
A high-volume shooter who lets fly most weeks.
LBL. BoyéAlaves · ST
89high
1+8973% hit2+best shout6853% hit
Shots/90 2.82·SoT/90 1.02
Last 544014
Gets his shots off regularly.
CHChupeMalaga · ST
80medium
1+best shout8082% hit2+5965% hit
Shots/90 2.40·SoT/90 1.31
Last 521015
Gets his shots off regularly.
Yellow card
Top picks · click any pick for the reasoningPUPugaMalaga · CB
84high
Cards/90 0.37·YC 12
Last 5✕✕✕
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
ACAdam Aznou Ben CheikhMalaga · LB
81high
Cards/90 0.88·YC 1
Last 5✕✕
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
JSJosé SalinasMalaga · CB
81high
Cards/90 0.49·YC 4
Last 5✕✕✕✕
His card history is doing the talking.
Fouls committed 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningPUPugaMalaga · CB
92high
1+9281% hit2+best shout5638% hit
Fouls/90 2.11·YC 12
Last 521310
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
ÁPÁlex PastorMalaga · CB
87high
1+best shout87no hit data2+53no hit data
Fouls/90 1.50·YC 1
His card history is doing the talking. Foul-to-card ratio 3, and refs book him for it.
LBL. BoyéAlaves · ST
84medium
1+8480% hit2+best shout6060% hit
Fouls/90 2.71·YC 4
Last 542223
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix. Foul-to-card ratio 20.3: gets away with it.
Fouls drawn 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningMRMiguel RodríguezAlaves · ST
90high
1+9033% hit2+best shout620% hit
Drawn/90 3.23·Dribbles/90 1.17
Last 5001
Fouls follow him around: defenders can’t live with him.
PIPablo IbáñezAlaves · CM
84medium
1+best shout8479% hit2+5153% hit
Drawn/90 2.38·Dribbles/90 1.19
Last 521215
Drawn fouls are a regular part of his game.
LBL. BoyéAlaves · ST
82medium
1+best shout8273% hit2+4027% hit
Drawn/90 1.83·Dribbles/90 1.41
Last 500131
Drawn fouls are a regular part of his game.
Tackles 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningPUPugaMalaga · CB
99high
1+9988% hit2+best shout8775% hit
Tackles/90 3.67·Int/90 1.44
Last 511620
A tackling machine, he’s everywhere.
DLDavid LarrubiaMalaga · CM
99high
1+99100% hit2+best shout8471% hit
Tackles/90 3.14·Int/90 0.74
Last 513125
A busy defensive presence who throws himself in.
NTN. TenagliaAlaves · CB
90high
1+best shout9095% hit2+6468% hit
Tackles/90 1.99·Int/90 1.30
Last 521262
Gets through a steady volume of tackles.
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Alaves vs Malaga: how to use this page
How do I use BetBuilderAI to build a good bet on Alaves vs Malaga?
Start from the numbers, not the names. Open Raw data to see every player in the fixture ranked by hit rate or per-90 for the prop you want, check Streaks for who is already on a run, then add your legs in Build your bet, where the combined price accounts for them being correlated.
Each tab does one job:
- Build your bet. assemble the slip leg by leg and the combined price accounts for the legs being correlated, which a naive multiplication does not. Golden picks, value picks and plays flag where the model disagrees with the bookmaker, and you can push a finished slip to the community and climb the tipster leaderboard.
- Predictions. the model’s call on every market above, with the components it used rather than just the output.
- Streaks. every active run in the game, so you can see who has made 1+ tackle in thirty straight matches and whether they did it against this opponent last time. Filter by competition, player or team.
- H2H. the recent meetings between these two, with average goals, the scorelines, the both-teams-to-score rate, and which players hit which props in the last two.
- Raw data. every player in the fixture as a filterable list, sortable by hit rate or per-90, so you can pull the ten most-fouling players in the game and take one straight into your builder.
- Stat pack. a shareable snapshot, the top five in each category with their last-five hit rates, for sending to whoever you are betting with.
Which player props can I price for Alaves vs Malaga?
We price 8 player markets for Alaves vs Malaga: anytime goalscorer, goal or assist, shots 1+ and 2+, shots on target 1+ and 2+, tackles 1+ and 2+, fouls committed 1+ and 2+, fouls won 1+ and 2+, to be booked. Each one shows the season hit rate, the per-90 rate and the last five results for every player in the fixture, so you can judge a leg before it costs you.
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