The Blue and Whites, 8th in the table with 41 points, welcome the Madrid-based side, in 16th place with 34 points. In the first round League match at Vallecas, Javi Gracia’s men won by 1-2, overcoming the initial goal by ex-Malaguista, Javi Guerra, with goals from Charles and Cop.
Players in common Málaga CF-Rayo Vallecano
Bravo, José González, Movilla, Ruano, Rojas, Contreras, Iznata, Canabal, Koke, Míchel, Peragón, Iván Rosado, Ibán Cuadrado, Rubén Martínez, Seba Fernández, Casado, Javi Guerra and Iturra.
Players in common CD Málaga-Rayo Vallecano
Trigueros, Bellido, Ortiz, Madrid, Palacios, Dalmau, Velázquez, Búa, Aráez, Chesa and Zapatera.
To take into account
- MCF has accumulated 698 goals in the First Division in 15 seasons in the Spanish footballing elite
- Rayo Vallecano haven’t secured an away win out of 14 matches.
- Malaguista victories. The last results at La Rosaleda were favourable for Málaga against Rayo. In the 2013/14 season, it was a 5-0 win for Schuster’s men, with goals from Portillo, Eliseu and a hat trick from El Hamdaoui. The Blue and Whites won by 4-0 in 2014/15, with goals from Samuel García, Sergi Darder, Juanmi and Amrabat (penalty).
- Undiano Mallenco, key moments. The Pamplona-born referee will always be remembered for the Málaga-Albacete match (1998/99) which signified the Club’s penultimate promotion to the First Division. He also officiated the agonising Málaga-Real Madrid game, the last of 2009/10, in which Muñiz’s team secured First Division permanency in an extremely hard-fought match. This will be the first Málaga-Rayo at Martiricos for Undiano.
Weligton, 250 matches in LaLiga and 280 in total
El ‘Mariscal’ reached his 250th match in League competition last Sunday against Athletic (212 in the First Division and 38 in the Second), and also reached his 280th game as a Malaguista, the third highest number out of Málaga CF players in official matches since 1994.
Top 10 | Highest number of official matches with MCF
1-Duda (328); 2-Jesús Gámez (293); 3-Weligton (280); 4-Valcarce (279); 5-Bravo (275); 6-Sandro (230); 7-Fernando Sanz (228); 8-Edgar (218); 9-Mikel Roteta (218); 10-Eliseu (214).