Match Report
Before the match
three goals for and seven against accompanied Alavés's one draw and four defeats across five outings, a winless run. A 2-1 defeat away to Celta (18 October) was their most recent result.
Alavés's away from home game on 18 October (La Liga) ended 1-2 against Celta, with one goal for and two against. On 10 October, Atleti faced Alavés in La Liga: Alavés lost 1-2 at home, having scored one and conceded two. La Liga, 19 September brought an away meeting with Athletic; Alavés drew 0-0, a return of zero goals scored and zero conceded. Alavés hosted Valencia on 15 September (La Liga) and lost 0-1; their goals totalled zero, compared with one conceded. Santander hosted Alavés (La Liga) on 12 September. For Alavés, the score was 1-2: one goal scored, two allowed.
Alavés: 7th, 11 points, nine matches in the calculated La Liga standings at kickoff.
Málaga: two draws and three defeats over five games; five goals scored, 11 conceded, without a win. Real Sociedad were their latest opponents, at home on 18 October: a 5-2 defeat.
Playing at home against Real Sociedad (La Liga), Málaga finished 2-5 on 18 October. Their score comprised two goals, against five from the opposition. 9 October: Málaga drew 1-1 against Espanyol at home in La Liga, scoring one goal and allowing one. Against Getafe in La Liga, Málaga scored zero and conceded one on 20 September; the away from home result was 0-1. Málaga's at home game on 17 September (La Liga) ended 1-3 against Villarreal, with one goal for and three against. On 13 September, Celta faced Málaga in La Liga: Málaga drew 1-1 away from home, having scored one and conceded one.
four points in nine matches put Málaga 20th in the pre-match results-based La Liga standings.
Earlier results between these sides included a 3-0 away win for Alavés on 6 May 2018 and a 1-0 home win for Alavés on 21 December 2017.
After the match
Alavés and Málaga drew 1-1 on 23 October 2026. Adrián opened the scoring in the 45th minute for Málaga, set up by Ramón Enríquez Rodríguez, to make it 1-0. Aitor Mañas levelled it late on, in the 89th minute for Alavés to make it 1-1. Lucas Boyé (39'), Nahuel Tenaglia (67'), Carlos Dotor (84') and Juan Funes (90') were booked. The card tally for Alavés was two yellow cards. Alavés made five changes. Aitor Mañas scored in minute 89 following entry for Alavés in the 75th minute. Málaga picked up two yellow cards. The substitution total for Málaga was five.