Malaga have drifted from 1/4 to 2/5 with William Hill as four of seven bookmakers ease odds on Malaga to be relegated from the Spanish La Liga Primera.
The odds on Malaga to be relegated from the Spanish La Liga Primera have drifted out from 1/4 to 2/5 with William Hill, and after a stubborn point on the road, that move makes plenty of sense.
Bet365, Betway and QuinnBet all now offer 1/2 on Malaga to be relegated from the Spanish La Liga Primera, the best price on the board.
Four of seven bookmakers have eased their odds on Malaga, so this is not one firm acting alone.
Malaga took a 1-1 draw at Deportivo Alaves on Friday, with Adrián Niño on the scoresheet.
Malaga are still favourites despite the drift. Racing Santander are next at 6/4 with William Hill.
Friday's trip to Mendizorroza produced exactly the kind of messy, hard-earned result that moves a relegation market. Adrián Niño put Malaga in front just before half-time, and although Aitor Mañas levelled a minute from time to make it 1-1 against Deportivo Alaves, a point on the road is a point the bookies cannot ignore.
Context matters here. Malaga are back in the top flight after a long absence, having come up from the Segunda División, and under Juan Francisco Funes Arjona they are clearly not rolling over. Niño is the man carrying the attack, and as long as he keeps finding the net, this side have a route to points. That is why William Hill have pushed them out to 2/5. The flip side is hard to ignore: Malaga have failed to win their last 14 matches in LaLiga, and that is exactly why they still sit at the head of the market rather than drifting any further.
Spanish La Liga Primera Relegation odds
The best odds on Malaga to be relegated from the Spanish La Liga Primera are 1/2 with Bet365, a price matched by Betway and QuinnBet. The longest price is 2/5 with William Hill, with Unibet sitting between the two at 4/9.
Odds below are live and may have changed since publishing this article.
Will Malaga be relegated from the Spanish La Liga Primera?
Malaga are still the favourites at a best price of 1/2 with Bet365. In plain terms, the market still rates them the most probable side to go down, ahead of Racing Santander, Getafe and Deportivo La Coruna. A point at Alaves has calmed things a little, but one result does not wipe out a winless run in the league, and the bookies know it. Our view: the drift is fair, but it is a tweak, not a turnaround, until Niño's goals start turning draws into wins.
Malaga – 1/2 with Bet365, still top of the market despite the drift.
Racing Santander – 6/4 with William Hill, the nearest challengers.
Getafe – 11/4 with Bet365, a price also matched by Betway and QuinnBet.
Deportivo La Coruna – 10/3 with Bet365, rounding out the leading four.
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How do Malaga avoid relegation from the Spanish La Liga Primera?
The route is simple to describe and hard to pull off: keep Niño fed and start turning stubborn draws into wins. The fixture list offers a breather first, with a Copa del Rey trip to Sporting de Alcazar on 27 October, before a far tougher league outing away at Real Betis on 31 October. Take anything from Betis and expect more bookmakers to follow William Hill in easing the price. Lose, with that winless run still hanging over them, and the drift could reverse just as quickly. For now, the move shows the market respects Malaga's fight, but they are still the side everyone else is looking down on at the wrong end of the log.
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