Malaga vs Getafe Betting Tips

The dark days of August and September must seem like a long time ago now for Javi Gracia. The Malaga board stuck by him despite a poor second half of last season and a long goalless opening to this and he is really beginning to repay their faith. They have always looked a well organised unit under Gracia but too often were struggling to create or score goals but they’ve netted at least once in all of their last 8 league outings.

Malaga’s 2-1 win at Eibar last weekend took them into the top half of the table and moved them 1 point above this weekend’s opponents Getafe. They’ve taken 18 points from their last 10 leagues with the only defeats narrow 2-1 losses against strong opposition in the form of Barcelona and Sevilla.

Therefore they will have plenty of confidence to take into this game and will fancy their chances of beating a Getafe side who have also made a good start to the New Year. They won their first 3 league matches of 2016 to really move themselves away from danger but have suffered a couple of setbacks since then.

Their last two games have result in a 3-2 loss at Granada and a 1-0 defeat at home to Athletic Bilbao. With Malaga going well they could well follow up those 3 consecutive wins with 3 consecutive defeats in this game and the hosts look like a decent punt at 7/10.

Malaga have the best defensive record outside the top four and their last 3 home wins have all been to nil so consider backing a 2-0 win for the side from the Costa del Sol at odds of 6/1 here.