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title: "Late winner denies... Malaga grab last-gasp equaliser to draw 1-1 with Espanyol"
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description: "Malaga snatched a 1-1 draw against Espanyol with a goal in the 90+3 minute in matchday 8 of LaLiga, after Espanyol had taken an early lead."
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# Late winner denies... Malaga grab last-gasp equaliser to draw 1-1 with Espanyol

Malaga snatched a 1-1 draw against Espanyol with a goal in the 90+3 minute in matchday 8 of LaLiga, after Espanyol had taken an early lead.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 9 October 2026، 23:56 ، updated 22:16 Saudi time

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Late winner denies... Malaga grab last-gasp equaliser to draw 1-1 with Espanyol

The match between [Malaga](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/malaga-225) and [Espanyol](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/espanyol-229), played on the evening of 9 October 2026 Damascus time as part of matchday eight of [LaLiga](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/laliga-16) for the 2026/27 season, ended in a 1-1 draw.

[Bryan Zaragoza](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/bryan-zaragoza-mart%C3%ADnez-6648) opened the scoring for Espanyol in the 13th minute, before [Adrián Niño Heredia](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/adri%C3%A1n-ni%C3%B1o-heredia-6528) equalised for Malaga in the 90+3 minute of stoppage time.

The match saw no red cards, but referee Francisco José Hernández Maeso showed 4 yellow cards to Malaga and 5 yellow cards to Espanyol.

Malaga dominated possession with 58 per cent against 42 per cent for Espanyol, and recorded 15 shots compared to 9 for Espanyol, of which 7 were on target against 4 for Espanyol. Expected goals (xG) stood at 0.63 for Malaga against 1.05 for Espanyol.

Malaga won 8 corner kicks compared to just two for Espanyol, while Espanyol committed 15 fouls against 10 for Malaga.

With this draw, Espanyol raised its tally to 7 points in 15th place after playing 7 matches, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 4, scoring 10 goals and conceding 10, while Malaga's tally reached 3 points in 20th place after 7 matches without a win, with 3 draws and 4 losses, scoring 3 goals and conceding 12.

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