The Blue and Whites are 8th in the table with 40 points, whilst Granada are in 17th place with 29 points. In the first round match held at La Rosaleda, Málaga and Granada drew 2-2 with Malaguista goals from Charles and Pablo Fornals, and El Arabi and Rochina for the visitors. The last match in Granada was the 26th of the 2014/15 season, ending in a local 1-0 victory thanks to an own goal by Ignacio Camacho.
Players in common Málaga CF-Granada CF
Oti, Méndez, Zúñiga, Ricard, Manolo Herrero, Paco Esteban, Geijo, Buonanotte, Iturra, Recio, Juankar and Uche
Coaches in common Málaga CF-Granada CF
Ismael Díaz and Joaquín Peiró
(*) The current Granada CF coach, José González was a Málaga CF player in the 1995/96 season
Players in common CD Málaga-Granada CF
Bachiller, Carbelo, Méndez, González, Molina, Ben Barek, Tosco, Jorge Vaquer, Serrano, Carrión, Rojas, Tello, Toni, Paquito, Antonio Álvarez, Ignacio, Onofre and Diego López
Coaches in common CD Málaga-Granada CF
Ben Barek, Jeno Kalmar, Marcel Domingo, Lelé, Carmona Ros, Paco Bru and Pasarín
(*) There were also players in both CD Malacitano and Granada CF, such as Camilo Liz
Statisics / historical data
- Málaga CF has scored 698 goals in the First Division in all seasons in the elite, since the Club was re-founded in 1994.
- MCF has accumulated 4 matches in a row without defeat in LaLiga 2015/16, and 3 consecutive games without defeat away from La Rosaleda.
- Estrada Fernández refereed the first round match at La Rosaleda, which ended in a 2-2 draw between Málaga and Granada.
- El Arabi has played 3 Granada-Málaga games, scoring 3 goals. He is Granada’s highest scorer in the League with 10 goals, the same as Charles, who is suspended from this game.
- CD Málaga’s record in the elite in Granada out of 6 matches played, resulted in 2 draws and 4 defeats, scoring one goal and conceding 8. Whereas Málaga CF in the First Division has accumulated 4 defeats in 4 games, scoring 2 goals and conceding 7.
- Sebastián Viberti was the only CD Málaga player to score at Los Cármenes in a First Division match (1-1, on 15/11/1970).
