The Malaguistas and Alavesistas will lock horns this Thursday in Vitoria for LaLiga Santander matchday 17. Kick-off is at 21:30 at Mendizorroza stadium, and will be broadcast live on beIN LaLiga TV channel.
The match will be officiated by Catalan-born Alfonso Javier Álvarez Izquierdo. Up to now he has refereed 20 Málaga CF First Division games, with a balance of 6 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats for the Blue and Whites.
Players in common Deportivo Alavés-Málaga CF
Lasheras, Méndez, Cañizares, Juanma, Juanito, Iñaki Goitia, Carpintero, Adrián López, Toribio, Javi Guerra and Alexis Ruano.
Coaches in common Deportivo Alavés-Málaga CF
None
Players in common Deportivo Alavés-CD Málaga
Manuel Olivares, Arana, Juan Arza, Ubis, Félix Sáenz, Requejo and Urdaci.
Coaches in common Deportivo Alavés-CD Málaga
Urquiri, Echezarreta, Ben Barek and Luis Costa.
To take into account
Málaga CF has played at Mendizorroza a total of 6 times in the First Division, accumulating 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats; 7 goals scored and 8 conceded.
Check out the historic stats…
- One of the first coaches in Málaga football, Walter Harris (Mister Harris) trained both Real Málaga FC and Deportivo Alavés.
- José Baonza, coach of Deportivo Alavés in their First Division debut in the 1930/31 season, was also coach of FC Malagueño.
- José María Zárraga, CD Málaga coach and subsequent technical secretary in the 60s, also had the same secretarial role with the team from Vitoria.
- Juan Ramón, coach of CD Málaga in the 1969/1970 season, was an Alavés player in the 30s.
- CD Málaga faced Deportivo Alavés on 7 occasions in Vitoria, securing just 1 draw in the 1980/81 season.
- Mendizorroza was the first stadium where Málaga CF played as a visiting team in the First Division.
- In the Second Division, Málaga CF visited Vitoria twice, winning on both occasions by the same result: 0-1.
