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Home › Fixtures · MW1 › Atlético Madrid vs Málaga — Report
ATM
Atlético Madrid
2 – 0
MLA
Málaga
Atlético Madrid won — xG 0.92 vs 0.15
AI

Atlético Madrid Open La Liga with 2-0 Win Over Málaga

Atlético Madrid launched their La Liga campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Málaga on matchday 1, their €669M squad outclassing the €42M visitors from the first whistle — possession split 53-47 and an npxG of 0.82 against just 0.15 told the full story. Kang-in Lee broke the deadlock in the 70th minute and Alex Baena put the result beyond doubt with a second in the 85th. Dávid Hancko was the standout performer in an Atlético shirt, earning the match's top rating of 8.46.

Written by AI from verified match data — every number comes from the pipeline.

Timeline

ATM MLA
Yellow card — Dávid Hancko🟨 15'
Yellow card — Jorge Domínguez🟨 37'
45+4' 🟨 Yellow card — Carlos Puga
Sub — Marcos Llorente🔁 46'
Sub — Giuliano Simeone🔁 57'
Sub — Kang-in Lee🔁 57'
Sub — Alex Baena🔁 57'
67' 🔁 Sub — Juan Cruz
67' 🔁 Sub — Rafa Rodriguez
Goal — Kang-in Lee⚽ 70'
72' 🔁 Sub — Jose Salinas
Sub — Morten Hjulmand🔁 78'
80' 🔁 Sub — Ramón Enríquez
80' 🔁 Sub — Eneko Jauregi
80' 🟨 Yellow card — Juan Cruz
Goal — Alex Baena⚽ 85'
88' 🟨 Yellow card — Ramón Enríquez

First Half vs Second Half

Metric 1H 2H xG (ATM) 0.1 0.83 Possession (ATM) 49% 57% Shots (ATM) 4 11

Shot Map

MLA shots → ← ATM shots
Goal On target Off target

Lineups

Málaga · 4-4-2Atlético Madrid · 4-4-2
1
Herrero
3
Puga
4
Galilea
15
Recio
31
Garrido
8
Dotor
10
Larrubia
11
Muñoz
22
Lorenzo
23
Merino
9
Chupete
13
Oblak
17
Hancko
24
Normand
27
Domínguez
30
Martinez
4
Mendoza
6
Koke
8
Barrios
12
Martín
16
Ortiz
11
Lookman
Match Rating Leader
HA
Dávid Hancko
8.46

Player Performance

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Value Analysis

Atlético Madrid's chance creation shifted after the break — , with possession moving from 49% to 57%.

The chance-quality ledger — — is the evidence base for the scoreline verdict.
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