Malaga 2-5 Real Sociedad: every Malaga reply met with a goal
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Key numbers
- Five goals, a season high for Real Sociedad
- Malaga: 17 shots but only 1.1 xG
- Kubo 3': +0.7 FN xPts, Malaga −0.6
Two rallies, two immediate answers
Real Sociedad led 2-0 at the interval, and Malaga's second-half response never quite put them back in the match. They cut the deficit to a single goal twice, only to concede in the 59th and 67th minutes. Those instant replies kept the gap open, and Gonçalo Guedes added a fifth from the bench in the 73rd.
Plenty of shots, modest returns
Malaga had 17 shots, well above their average over eight matches this season, and 12 of them came inside the box. Even so, their xG was only 1.1, and their xG per shot sat below their season average. That suggests the efforts were of modest quality even from inside the area.
Sociedad finished above their xG
Real Sociedad scored five, their most this season, and outperformed their xG by 2.57. Their xG per shot of 0.12 was above both their own season average and Malaga's figure for the night. That points to cleaner chances rather than simply a greater volume of them.
Kubo's early strike set the course
Takefusa Kubo's goal in the third minute, set up by Héctor Fort, was worth +0.7 FN xPts to Real Sociedad, while Malaga's FN xPts fell by 0.6. Taken together, it was the largest change of the match. Real Sociedad then stayed in front until the final whistle.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Pablo Martínez 8.7Dominant
A goal and an assist, four key passes and four dribbles attempted, all completed.
Most of his score came from attacking work. His assist in the 54th minute and his own goal in the 66th were the two occasions Malaga got within a goal. Each was followed almost at once by a Real Sociedad reply, so the display could not change the result. Four key passes put him at the centre of Malaga's chance creation.
Game state
0-10-21-21-32-32-42-5
Malaga ahead 0 min · level 3 min · Real Sociedad ahead 87 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
3'
Takefusa Kubo
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Héctor Fort +0.2 · MAL −0.6
+0.7
26'
Orri Steinn Óskarsson
Goal · MAL −0.4
+0.5
54'
Adrián Niño Heredia
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Pablo Martínez +0.1 · RSO −0.5
+0.3
59'
Mikel Oyarzabal
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Takefusa Kubo +0.1 · MAL −0.3
+0.4
66'
Pablo Martínez
Goal · RSO −0.4
+0.3
67'
Mikel Oyarzabal
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Jon Martín +0.1 · MAL −0.2
+0.4
73'
Gonçalo Guedes
Goal · MAL 0.0
0.0
Malaga
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +0.6Opponent moments −1.5Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Real Sociedad
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +2.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
MalagaReal Sociedad
1.1Expected goals (xG)2.43
Compared with usual
Malaga
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0.5 | high |
| Conceded | 5 | 1.6 | high |
| xG | 1.1 | 0.82 | |
| xG against | 2.43 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 17 | 10.6 | high |
| On target | 6 | 2.6 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 14.1 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 45% | 51.8% | |
| Passes | 478 | 481 | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 12.5 | low |
Real Sociedad
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 5 | 1.4 | high |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 2.43 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.1 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 21 | 12.7 | |
| On target | 9 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 17 | 15.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 55% | 49.4% | |
| Passes | 587 | 475.4 | |
| Corners | 5 | 7 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 12.8 | |
Timeline
- 3'
Goal
Takefusa Kubo league goal #1 assist Héctor Fort
- 26'
Goal
Orri Steinn Óskarsson league goal #2
- 37'
Yellow
Jon Martín
- 45'
Sub
Izan Merino → Ramón Enríquez
- 45'
Sub
José Salinas → Adam Aznou Ben Cheikh
- 54'
Goal
Adrián Niño Heredia league goal #3 assist Pablo Martínez
- 59'
Goal
Mikel Oyarzabal league goal #1 assist Takefusa Kubo
- 61'
Sub
Barrenetxea → Gonçalo Guedes
- 61'
Sub
Héctor Fort → Zubeldia
- 62'
Yellow
Mamadou Sarr
- 64'
Sub
Carlos Dotor → Dani Lorenzo
- 66'
Goal
Pablo Martínez league goal #1
- 67'
Goal
Mikel Oyarzabal league goal #2 assist Jon Martín
- 68'
Sub
David Larrubia → Joaquín Muñoz
- 71'
Sub
Aihen Muñoz → Sergio Gómez
- 71'
Sub
Takefusa Kubo → Job Ochieng
- 73'
Goal
Gonçalo Guedes league goal #2
- 79'
Sub
Orri Steinn Óskarsson → Alex Garcia
- 82'
Sub
Adrián Niño Heredia → Puga
Category leaders
- Key passesPablo Martínez4
- Duels wonDavid Larrubia8/13
- DribblesPablo Martínez4/4
- Defensive actionsJon Martín8
- ShotsChupe5 (on target 2)
#La Liga#Malaga#Real Sociedad#Mikel Oyarzabal#Pablo Martínez#Takefusa Kubo
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.