Live and Picks : Malaga come into the game after a 3-1 win away at Racing Santander, a much needed second away win of the season and one that ensured Malaga hang onto the Europa League spot that they aim to occupy at the end of the campaign.Showing on this channel. Malaga have a fair few injuries heading into the game with defender Weligton, captain Jesus Gamez, powerful striker Julio Baptista and midfielder Joaquin Sanchez all missing tonight's game.Villarreal climbed up to second in the Primera Division standings after seeing off 10-man Malaga in a hugely entertaining encounter at La Rosaleda.
All the key incidents came during a breathless first half, which saw hosts Malaga take an early lead through Eliseu Pereira before Villarreal hit back with goals from Santi Cazorla and Giuseppe Rossi.
Malaga, looking for their first home win since beating Villarreal 2-0 in March of last season, levelled the scores when Jose Salomon Rondon headed home but the Yellow Submarine restored their lead in the 33rd minute, with Cazorla netting his second.
That proved to be the winning goal as Malaga could find no way back, and Eliseu was shown a straight red card in the 41st minute.
Villarreal went into the clash having won three successive league matches since losing to Espanyol on the opening day of the season but they were quickly on the back foot after conceding just four minutes in.
A short free-kick was played to the corner of the penalty area where Eliseu smashed an unstoppable left-footed shot in off the underside off the bar with Villarreal goalkeeper Diego Lopez motionless.
The visitors were back on terms 16 minutes later, though, thanks to Cazorla, whose shot from the corner of the box took a deflection off Malaga midfielder Antonio Apono before beating Ruben Martinez at his near post.
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