Almería, far superior, achieved a comfortable victory (0-3) and that they needed after their draw at home last day against Leganés, against a not very intense Malaga and with defensive gaps that contributed to their debacle.
Only 29 minutes was needed by the Almeria team to sentence the match, which had started with dynamism on the part of Malaga, with some occasion created, but with a lack of punch.
Almería, after a failure in the Malaguista midfield, took advantage of the error and midfielder Robertone beat goalkeeper Dani Barrio with a low shot (12m).
Thirteen minutes later, the referee whistled a penalty by Malaguista defender Juande Rivas on striker Sadiq, but, after checking the VAR and the referee himself on the monitor, he canceled it.
The superiority of the visiting team was clear, firm and without concessions, who did not suffer, against a somewhat soft Malaga, without intensity and with few ideas.
Again another error in the midfield of Malaga meant Almería's second goal, with a spectacular shot from outside the area by midfielder Lazo.
Málaga changed the scenery in the second half with the departure of Alberto Escassi and Jairo Samperio, but Almería controlled the game without excessive problems.
With the Malaguista team turned into the Almeria team's area, Almería scored the 0-3 after a cross from the left that Sadiq subtly touched, deflecting the ball's trajectory and overflowing goalkeeper Dani Barrio.
(+) See the summary and the goals of the match:
Data sheet:
Málaga CF: Dani Barrio; Alexander González, Josua Mejías (Lombán, d. 81), Juande, Cristo; Joaquín Muñoz, Benkhemassa (Scepovic, m. 72), Ramón Enríquez (Escassi, m. 46), Julio (Jairo, m. 46); Luis Muñoz and Caye Quintana (Jozabed, m. 72).
UD Almería: Makaridze; Balliu (Aitor Buñuel, d. 72), Maras, Ivanildo, Akieme; Brian Rodríguez (Corpas, m. 59), Morlanes (Aketxe, m. 79), Samu, Lazo (F. Villalba, m. 72); Robertone (De la Hoz, d. 46) and Sadiq.
0-1, M. 12: Robertone. 0-2, M. 29: Tie. 0-3, M. 77: Sadiq.
Referee: Ávalos Barrera (Catalan Committee). He admonished the local Josua Mejías (m. 36) and the visitor Makaridze (m. 72).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-second day of LaLiga SmartBank played at La Rosaleda stadium behind closed doors.