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Malaga faces what could be a difficult 2017-2018 season, as they head into the new season without a number of key players from last year. The Boquerones lost Carlos Kameni, Ignacio Camacho, Sandro Ramirez and Pablo Fornals. Malaga didn’t do that much to replace the lost talent, so manager Michel Gonzalez has his work cut out for him this season. The only two players of note Malaga added are Borja Baston who is on loan from Swansea City and Paul Baysse from Nice.
Malaga La Liga Futures Odds
Odds To Win La Liga: +5000 (Field)
Odds to Finish in Top 4: +1600
Malaga is no threat to win La Liga and they really are no threat to finish in the Top 4 either. They probably are not going to be in relegation danger but the team did lose a lot of talent in the off-season and it would not be a surprise at all if the team struggled in 2017-2018. Whether they struggle enough to fall into relegation danger is questionable.
Malaga Competitions in 2017-18
Spanish La Liga
Copa del Rey
What's New?
Malaga added Diego Gonzalez from Sevilla, Paul Baysse from Nice, Cenk Gonen from Galatasaray, Roberto on loan from Espanyol, Adrian from Eibar, Juan Carlos from Braga, Borja Baston on loan from Swansea and Emanuel Cecchini from Banfield. They also got back Guillermo Ochoa from Granada, Cifu from Girona, Ricardo Horta from Braga and Adnane Tighadouini from Vitesse. They promoted Luis Munoz from Malaga B and got Andres Prieto from Espanyol B.
What's Gone?
Malaga lost Ignacio Camacho to Wolfsburg, Carlos Kameni to Fenerbahce, Sandro Ramirez to Everton, Pablo Fornals to Villarreal, Guillermo Ochoa to Standard Liege, Charles to Eibar, Ricardo Horta to Braga, Carlos Kameni to Fenerbahce, Michael Santos on loan to Sporting Gijon, Weligton and Martin Demichelis to retirement and loan returns of Duda, Jose Rodriguez, Denys Boyko and Diego Llorente. They also loaned out Mikel Villanueva to Cadiz and Michael Santos to Sporting.
Malaga 2017-18 Predictions
It is hard to get too excited about anything Malaga did in the off-season. They lost a lot of talented players from last season and did next to nothing to replace them. And it is not like Malaga was a great team last year with the talent they had. They were 11th in the league but they were outscored on the season by six goals. They just barely had a winning record at home and they played poorly on the road. Malaga was 15 points clear of the relegation zone but they were no threat to any of the top teams.
Malaga has been in La Liga for each of the last nine seasons, so you would think they would be safe in terms of relegation, but there is no denying the team lost a lot of talent in the off-season. Malaga doesn’t have the look of a team that can finish in the upper half of the table, but they do have the look of a team that could fall. The question is how far?
Malaga is getting a lot of respect from the oddsmakers, as they are +1600 to be relegated. Those are generous odds, as Malaga is a team that could be in some trouble for the 2017-2018 season. They will probably do enough to avoid relegation but there is a good chance they will give their fans a big scare this season. A 15th or 16th place finish looks to be the most likely scenario for Malaga this season and it would not be a complete shock to see them in a relegation fight.
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