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LaLiga · Matchweek 3

Real Madrid

RMA

4–0Full time

Málaga

MLA

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

52%Possession45%
37%Territory36%
5%From set plays6%
0.17Chance quality0.09
7.0%Directness3.5%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Real Madrid, 3 for Málaga. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 109 matches, not the full season.