Malaga vs Espanyol 1-1

Espanyol took the lead through Bryan Zaragoza in the 13th minute, but Malaga earned a point through Adrian Nino’s stoppage-time equaliser. The match finished 1-1.

Bryan Zaragoza opened the scoring on 13 minutes from Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa’s assist, making it Malaga 0-1 Espanyol. Malaga were behind at the break after that lone first-half goal, with the score 0-1.

Malaga pushed on after the interval and made three changes on 62 minutes, with Carlos Puga, Rafael Rodríguez Ruiz and Joaquín Muñoz all going off. Espanyol had already replaced Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa with Urko Gonzalez on 57 minutes, then made three more changes on 82 minutes. Adrian Nino, who had come on in the 62nd minute, scored in the third minute of stoppage time from Rafael Garrido Hierro’s assist to make it 1-1. That cancelled out Espanyol’s first-half lead and gave Malaga a point after they had more of the ball and more of the chances.

Malaga had 59% possession, 487 passes and 8 corners, compared with Espanyol’s 41%, 351 passes and 2 corners. Malaga also had 15 shots to 9, 7 on target to 4, and 6 saves to Espanyol’s 2, while Espanyol’s xG was 1.05 against Malaga’s 0.63. Espanyol committed 14 fouls to Malaga’s 10 and finished with 5 yellow cards to Malaga’s 4.

Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa was booked on 24 minutes, while Carlos Puga and Bryan Zaragoza were shown yellow cards on 28 minutes. Carlos Ruiz Rubio was booked on 41 minutes, Omar El Hilali on 60, Carlos Dotor on 66, Clemens Riedel on 84, Roger Hinojo on 87 and Adam Aznou on 89. There were no red cards.