Alavés vs Málaga prediction

THE FORECAST

Alaves sit comfortably mid-table with a solid defensive record (3 clean sheets, 1.1 GA per game) and home advantage against a bottom-placed Malaga side drowning in injuries — 16 players unavailable massively weakens their squad depth. Malaga's attacking output is dire at 0.7 goals per game while conceding 2.0, making a low-scoring Alaves home win the most logical outcome. Both teams have a Copa del Rey fixture within four days so some rotation is possible, but Alaves' stronger overall squad quality should still be enough to see off a depleted Malaga.