Friday’s opening matchday game will be refereed by Valencian-born Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz, who to date has officiated 34 official MCF games, with a Malaguista balance of the following results, broken down as follows:
- 22 First Division matches (8 victories, 5 draws, 9 defeats)
- 5 Second Division matches (1 victory, 4 defeats)
- 7 Copa del Rey clashes (1 victory, 3 draws, 3 defeats)
Players in common Deportivo de La Coruña-Málaga CF
Yosu, Alberto Luque, Juan Rodríguez, Saúl, Schürrer, Munúa, Adrián López, Luis Alberto, Rubén, Albentosa and Borja Bastón
(*) There was a Deportivo de La Coruña player, Senel, who played for Málaga B
Players in common Deportivo de La Coruña-CD Málaga
Lezama, Elzo, Gamonal, Bazán, Chao, Muñiz, Carrillo, Juan, Gento II, Carlos Torres, Ruiz, Mané, Albis, Belman and Kirov
Coaches in common Deportivo de La Coruña-CD Málaga
Helenio Herrera, Iturraspe, Otxoa and Pons
(*) There are the cases of the legendary Juan Arza, a CD Málaga player in the 1942/43 season, who was Deportivo de La Coruña coach, as well as Carlos Torres, who played for CD Málaga and was a player and coach with Deportivo.
To take into account
- Luis Hernández, Chory Castro and Recio, with a cycle of four yellow cards, are the Malaguistas on the brink of sanction.
- Deportivo has scored 14 points in 15 home games in LaLiga 17/18. They have accumulated 3 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats, scored 15 goals and conceded 23.
Stats and facts
- Deportivo de La Coruña and Málaga CF have locked horns 14 times in the First Division at Riazor. The Malaguista balance of results is 1 victory, 2 draws and 11 defeats, with 8 goals scored and 27 conceded.
- Málaga CF, on matchday 31 of its previous 16 seasons in the First Division, has obtained 4 victories, 9 draws and 3 defeats.
- In addition, these two rivals have faced each other twice at Riazor in the Copa del Rey, ending in a draw and a defeat for the Malaguistas.
- The debut of the first Malaguista international took place at the Riazor stadium. Pedro Bazán was part of the match between the ‘B’ teams of Spain and Portugal, ending in a 5-2 win for Spain, on 20th March 1949. Bazán didn’t miss his appointment with the goal, scoring a header (the momentary 3-1).