LaLiga Santander matchday 37 will be held at RCDE Stadium, officiated by Alicante-born Juan Martínez Munuera. To date he has refereed 12 official Málaga games (11 in the First Division and 1 in the Copa del Rey), with a Malaguista balance of 6 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats).
Players in common RCD Espanyol-Málaga CF
Urbano, Rufete, Darío Silva, José Juan Luque, Caicedo, Valdo, Kameni, Sergio Sánchez, Demichelis, Sergi Darder and Roberto
(*) Andrés Prieto, ex Espanyol B, was called-up for various matches with RCD Espanyol but didn’t debut
Coaches in common RCD Espanyol-Málaga CF
José Manuel Díaz Novoa and Juande Ramos
Players in common RCD Espanyol-CD Málaga
Navés, Domenech, Meri, Camer, Vera, Soto, Benavídez, Zamora, Carlos Torres, Cabral, Vilches, Fortes, Bio, Fonseca, Lauridsen and Jaime Molina
Coaches in common RCD Espanyol-CD Málaga
Ricardo Zamora, Antonio Barrios, Ernesto Pons, Jeno Kalmar, Marcel Domingo, Milorad Pavic and Ladislao Kubala
(*) José Luis Saso, RCD Espanyol coach, was a CD Málaga player
To take into account
- Injured players, Recio, Ricca and Chory, plus Diego González, Rosales and Ignasi Miquel, are the Malaguistas on the brink of sanction on a cycle of four yellow cards.
- The ‘perico’ outfit has scored 27 points in 18 homes games in LaLiga 17/18. They have accumulated 7 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats, with 16 goals scored and 15 conceded.
Stats and facts
- RCD Espanyol and Málaga CF have faced each other 16 times in the First Division in Catalonia, with a Malaguista balance of 5 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
- Málaga CF, on matchday 37 of its previous 16 seasons in the First Division has obtained 4 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
- The RCD Espanyol 3-0 Málaga CF match held on 31/05/2009 marked the farewell of Espanyol’s Estadio Olímpico Lluís Companys.
- The two youngest players to debut with RCD Espanyol in the First Division, Branko Kubala and Paul Quaye, played for Atlético Malagueño.
