The Blue and Whites, in 20th place in the standings with 25 points, face the current leader of the competition in 1st place with 57 points.
Refereeing is Jon Ander González Esteban. The 37-year-old from the Basque Country is in his fourth season in the Second Division (he won the Guruceta Trophy in 20/21). This season he has officiated Málaga CF twice, both at La Rosaleda, ending in a 3-2 win for the Blue and Whites against CD Lugo and a draw against CD Tenerife (1-1). At the helm of the VAR is Gorka Sagués Oscoz, also from the Basque Country.
Players in common UD Las Palmas-Málaga CF
Oti, Axier, Sandro, Agostinho, Schürrer, Gerardo Carrera, Apoño, Roberto Santamaría, Rondón, Peñaranda, Sadiku, Jairo, Sandro Ramírez and Rubén Castro
Coaches in common UD Las Palmas-Málaga CF
Pepe Mel
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-CD Málaga
Juan Otxoa and Marcel Domingo
(*) Antonio Ruiz, a CD Málaga player (1963/64), coached UD Las Palmas
Match info
- Javi Jiménez, Luis Muñoz, Fran Villalba and Loren are the Malaguistas on the verge of suspension on a cycle of four yellow cards. Genaro is suspended from this game.
- Rubén Castro, with seven goals, is the top Malaguista goal scorer in the League. Marc Cardona, also with seven goals, is the UD Las Palmas ‘pichichi’.
- Away from home in the league, Málaga CF have accumulated one victory, four draws and 10 defeats (seven points), scoring 10 goals and conceding 19.
- At home in LaLiga SmartBank this season, UD Las Palmas have a balance of nine wins, four draws and two defeats (31 points), scoring 20 goals and conceding eight.
Stats and facts
- The eighth time Málaga CF and UD Las Palmas will face one another in Las Palmas in the Second Division. In the previous seven matches, Málaga CF obtained one victory (1-2 with goals from Hidalgo and Peragón in the 07/08 season), three draws (all by 1-1) and three defeats.
- These rivals have also played each other five times in the First Division in Gran Canaria. The Malaguista results are two draws and three defeats, scoring two goals and conceding five. As Atlético Malagueño, in Segunda División B (93/94 season), there was a match between these teams in Las Palmas, ending in a 2-0 win for the Yellows.
- CD Málaga played away against UD Las Palmas six times in the Second Division. The Malaguistas claimed two draws, three losses and one victory in the last historic duel between these rivals, in 91/92, with a 1-2 win featuring a brace from Quino.
- In the past seven seasons MCF played in the silver division, on matchday 31, the Blue and Whites obtained one victory, three draws and three defeats.