Málaga: Kameni; Rosales, Albentosa, Filipenko, Miguel Torres; Juanpi (Santa Cruz 58’), Camacho, Recio, Chory Castro; Charles, Duje Cop (Ricardo Horta 21’, Atsu 74‘). 4-4-2.
Valencia: Diego Alves; Barragán, Mustafi, Aderlan Santos, Gayà; Dani Parejo, Javi Fuego, André Gomes; Feghouli (Rodrigo 65‘), Paco Alcácer (Rubén Vezo 92‘), Cheryshev (Piatti 77’). 4-3-3.
Goals:
1-0. 14. Duje Cop. Latched on to loose ball in area and curled shot past Alves.
1-1. 41. Kameni (own goal). Pushed Paco Alcácer cross back in to own net.
1-2. 49. Cheryshev. Collected André Gomes cross and fired shot wide of keeper.
Yellow cards: Mustafi 19’, Gayà 29’, Juanpi 31’, Cheryshev 35’, Albentosa 61’, Feghouli 62’, Duda 62’, Miguel Torres 62’, Recio 66’, Charles 77’, Piatti 92’.
Valencia came from a goal down to beat Málaga 1-2 on Wednesday evening, a third win in four games taking some of the pressure off coach Gary Neville. Duje Cop latched on to a loose ball after Juanpi was tackled on the edge of the area to fire the Andalusians into an early lead, and Kameni kept out Aderlan Santos following a corner a few minutes later. However with four minutes to go to the break the local keeper palmed a speculative cross from Paco Alcácer in to his own net, the referee waving away his claims that he was fouled by Cheryshev, and just five minutes after the restart Cheryshev picked up a long cross from André Gomes to put the visitors in front. The Russian flanker just failed to get on the end of an Alcácer cross later in the second half, and Rodrigo fired a shot wide near the end, but the Ches had already done enough for the three points.