The Blue and Whites, with 37 points and in 14th place in the standings, face the rival from the Canary Islands with the same number of points and in 15th place. The match will be televised on GOL.
Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias from Madrid will be officiating. Up to now he has refereed Málaga CF in two official games, both this 19/20 season, with a balance of 1 draw and 1 defeat for the Malaguistas. José Antonio López Toca from Cantabria will be in charge of the VAR.
Players in common UD Las Palmas-Málaga CF
Oti, Axier, Sandro, Agostinho, Schürrer, Gerardo Carrera, Apoño, Roberto Santamaría and Rondón
Players in common UD Las Palmas-CD Málaga
Cabrera, Elzo, Manolo Torres, Beneyto, Gutiérrez, Romero, Mújica, Ríos, Calixto, Catalá, Juani, Jaime Molina and Onofre
Coaches in common UD Las Palmas-Málaga CF
None
Coaches in common UD Las Palmas-CD Málaga
Juan Otxoa and Marcel Domingo
Players who debuted with Málaga CF against UD Las Palmas at Estadio Gran Canaria
- Miguel Ángel* (UD Las Palmas 0-0 Málaga CF, 22/09/2001)
- Chory Castro (UD Las Palmas 1-1 Málaga CF, 10/01/2016)
- Ideye (UD Las Palmas 1-0 Málaga CF, 05/02/2018)
- Success (UD Las Palmas 1-0 Málaga CF, 05/02/2018)
(*) Miguel Ángel made his Málaga CF debut against UD Las Palmas at Estadio Insular
To take into account
- Sadiku and Pacheco, with 4 yellow cards, are the Malaguista players on the verge of suspension. Adrián is suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
- Sadiku is Málaga’s league ‘pichichi’ with 10 goals. Jonathan Viera (currently on loan from Beijing Guoan) remains UD Las Palmas’ highest scorer.
- Tete Morente, following his scoring debut wearing the Blue and White jersey, is Málaga CF player number 59 to score in the silver division.
- Away from home, Málaga have obtained 3 league victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats (15 points), scoring 8 goals and conceding 12.
- At home, UD Las Palmas have played 14 matches in LaLiga SmartBank, with a balance of 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats (19 points), scoring 19 goals and conceding 18.
Stats and facts
- The fifth time Unión Deportiva and Málaga CF will play one another in the Second Division, in La Palmas. The previous 4 matches ended in 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats for the Blue and Whites, who scored 4 goals and conceded 5.
- In addition, UD and MCF have faced each other on another 6 occasions in Las Palmas: 5 in the First Division and 1 in Second Division B (when the Club was called Atlético Malagueño).
- In the past four seasons in the Second Division, on matchday 30, Málaga CF obtained 1 victory (1-0 against Xerez CD), 1 draw (1-1 against CD Numancia) and 2 defeats (5-3 against Atlético de Madrid B and 1-0 against Xerez CD).
