The match is being officiated by Valencian-born Juan Martínez Munuera, who to date has refereed Málaga CF in 11 official matches. A total of 10 games in the First Division (5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats) and 1 Copa del Rey clash (1 victory).
Players in common Málaga CF-FC Barcelona
Urbano, Arnau, Xavi Torres, Rubén, Saviola and Sandro
Coaches in common Málaga CF-FC Barcelona
None
Players in common CD Málaga-FC Barcelona
Arana, Colomé, Virgós, Peralta, Garay, Bustillo, Aicart, Fortes and Esteban Vigo
Coaches in common CD Málaga-FC Barcelona
Helenio Herrera, Domingo Balmanya, Lluís Miró and Ladislao Kubala
(*) There have been several players who formed part of Barça’s reserve team (such as España Industrial, CD Condal, Barcelona Atlético and FC Barcelona B) who later played for Málaga:
Stage | CD Málaga: Rosselló, Yeyo, Moix, Dalmau, Luna and Campuzano
Stage | Málaga CF: Almagro, Zúñiga, Altimira, Emilio, Monsalvete, Roteta, Jon Bakero, Rufete, Miguel Ángel, Antonio Hidalgo, Ibán Cuadrado, Toribio, Armando Lozano and Luis Alberto
(**) Ignasi Miquel, Málaga CF player, was part of the lower categories of FC Barcelona
To take into account:
- Málaga CF and FC Barcelona have locked horns 16 times in the First Division at Martiricos, with a balance of 2 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats for the Blue and Whites.
- Málaga CF, on matchday 28 of their past 16 seasons in the First Division, has obtained 3 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
- Luis Hernández, Chory Castro and Recio, on a cycle of four yellow cards, are the Malaguistas on the brink of sanction.
- Barcelona are LaLiga leaders with 69 points from 27 games. Away from home, in 14 matches, they have scored a total of 34 points (10 victories and 4 draws), with 32 goals scored and 7 conceded. They are the best away team of the competition.
Stats:
Barça’s last away defeat in LaLiga took place on 8th April 2017, during Málaga CF-FC Barcelona at La Rosaleda. The match ended in a Malaguista victory by 2-0, with goals from Sandro and Jony. That day, the Malaguista line-up consisted of the following players: Kameni; Rosales, Luis Hernández, Llorente, Ricca; Pablo Fornals, Camacho, Recio, Juankar (Jony ’81); Sandro (Charles ’76) and Juanpi Añor (Peñaranda ’65).