The Blue and Whites, who occupy 16th place in the rankings with 26 points, will face the Madrid-based rival, who are 17th with 25 points. In the first round League game at La Rosaleda, MCF won by 4-0 thanks to goals from Jony, Chory, Sandro and Camacho (see image gallery here).
Players in common CD Leganés-Málaga CF
Artero, Catanha, Canabal, Gerardo, Calandria, Antonio López, Jonatan Valle, Edu Ramos and Samuel García
(*) Ex CD Málaga and Atlético Malagueño player, Rafa Muñoz, was coach of CD Leganés in the 2010/11 season.
To take into account
- Leganés have accumulated 13 points out of a possible 39 at their home ground this current League season. Away from home, Málaga have achieved 6 draws in 14 games.
- Szymanowski, with 4 goals, and Sandro, with 7 goals, are the highest scorers of both sides in LaLiga. The Canaries-born striker has had most shots at goal (38 shots in 19 matches played) with Málaga in the championship.
- 18 years, 5 months and 1 day later, MCF returns to face Leganés at Butarque. Coincidentally, the match is again taking place at 12:00.
The first CD Leganés-Málaga CF
CD Leganés and Málaga CF haven’t before faced each other in the First Division at Butarque stadium. They have met previously in a Second Division match, on 18th October 1998, the 8th game of the 1998/99 season. The result, a 0-2 win for Joaquín Peiró’s team, with star player; Sebastián Fernández Reyes ‘Basti’, who scored MCF’s two goals in minutes 5 and 39.
Málaga CF played with the following line-up: Lekovic; Bravo (Guede 82’), Brahim, Dorado, Roteta, Valcarce; Movilla, Zárate, Ismael (Milijas 14’); Basti and Catanha (Sandro 86’).
