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Match preview: #LugoMálaga

Away from home for Málaga CF this Tuesday at the Anxo Carro, against CD Lugo, on matchday 35 of LaLiga SmartBank 19/20. Kick-off is at 19:30.

The Malaguistas, in 15th place in the standings with 40 points face Lugo, in 20th place with 37 points. The game will be broadcast on Movistar LaLiga. The match between these two rivals will be officiated by Madrid-born Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias.  

 

Players in common CD Lugo-Málaga CF

Ernesto, Jonatan Valle, Ignasi Miquel, Luis Muñoz and Tete Morente

(*) Former Málaga B goalkeeper, Javi Muñoz, played for CD Lugo in the 2008/09 season

(**) Jesús Ares Otero played for the two predecessors of CD Lugo and Málaga CF (Sociedad Gimnástica Lucense and Club Deportivo Málaga)

Coaches in common CD Lugo-Málaga CF

None

To take into account

  • Two former CD Lugo players, Luis Muñoz and Tete Morente won’t be in action with Málaga CF.
  • Sadiku, is Málaga’s league 'pichichi' with 12 goals, and on the verge of suspension. Mikel and injured Pacheco, are also on four yellow cards, one away from suspension.
  • Málaga CF’s stats away from home include three wins, eight draws and six defeats (17 points) in LaLiga SmartBank.
  • Málaga CF is the team to have conceded the fewest goals in the division away from home, totalling 13 out of 17 games.  
  • At home, CD Lugo have obtained a total of five victories, six draws and six defeats (21 points), scoring 19 goals and conceding 27.  

Stats and facts

  • After the competition resumed, Málaga CF have lost one match and drawn two; Lugo have won one and lost their last two.
  • In the first round, at La Rosaleda, Lugo went level in minute 102 (+12 minutes of stoppage time), with a goal from Pita. Sadiku put MCF in the lead (1-1).
  • The second time Málaga CF and CD Lugo will play each other at the Anxo Carro. Last season, the game ended in a Malaguista victory on LaLiga 1|2|3 matchday 1 (1-2, with goals from Juankar and N'Diaye).
  • On this day, 23rd June 1973, CD Málaga reached their highest point in the Cup competition. The lads were knocked out following defeat in the return leg (0-1) of the semi-finals against Athletic Club de Bilbao.