Cristiano Ronaldo's goalscoring knack and other facts as Real Madrid visit Malaga

Sport360 staff 18:43 15/04/2018
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  • Main man: Cristiano Ronaldo.

    Real Madrid will be travelling to face Malaga at the La Rosaleda.

    Zinedine Zidane‘s team are currently fourth in the La Liga table, with Valencia, Atletico Madrid and leaders Barcelona ahead of them.

    Here we take a look at some interesting stats and facts prior to the game.

    – Málaga have only won one of their 33 meetings vs Real Madrid in La Liga (D8 L24), 3-2 at La Rosaleda in December 2012.

    – Los Boquerones have only won one of their last 16 league games (D3 L12), with that victory coming in their last home game (1-0 vs Villarreal).

    – Real Madrid have only lost two of their last 24 league games away from home (W18 D4); however, these two defeats came in Catalonian territory (vs Espanyol & Girona).

    – Los Merengues have scored in each of their last 19 league games in Andalusia (52 goals, an average of 2.7), their best run in the south of the Spain ever.

    – Malaga have only earned one point after conceding the first goal of the game, a low in La Liga this season.

    Manager Zinedine Zidane has never lost a game against Malaga.

    Manager Zinedine Zidane has never lost a game against Malaga.

    – After 31 matchdays, Real Madrid aren’t in the top three in the table for the first season this century.

    – Real Madrid have scored 24 goals from set-pieces, more than any other team in La Liga this season. On the other hand, Málaga have scored 53% of their goals from set pieces, the best percentage of any team in La Liga this season.

    – Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 17 goals in his 17 meetings vs Málaga in La Liga and eight goals in his eight league games at La Rosaleda.

    – Karim Benzema has scored five goals in La Liga this season, only one more than Málaga’s top scorers in this campaign (Diego Rolan and Gonzalo Castro, four).

    – Zinedine Zidane has never lost in his four meetings vs Málaga (W3 L1) since the Frenchman took over at Real Madrid.

    Statistics provided by Opta

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