Bilbao-born Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea is officiating this game. He has refereed Málaga CF in 8 official matches, all in the First Division, with a Malaguista balance of results of 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Players in common Málaga CF-Real Madrid
Fernando, Sandro, Ismael, Contreras, Fernando Sanz, Rojas, Canabal, Tote, Valdo, Baptista, Isco, Van Nistelrooy, Saviola, Diego Llorente, Juankar, Miguel Torres and Alberto Bueno
Coaches in common Málaga CF-Real Madrid
Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini and Bernd Schuster
(*) Míchel, ex Malaguista coach, trained as a player within Real Madrid’s youth ranks, and spent 13 seasons with the Whites’ first team
Players in common CD Málaga-Real Madrid
Luciano Crespo*, Huete*, Manuel Olivares, Vicente Olivares, Emilio, Tellado, Cabrera, García, Elzo, Becerril, González, Rodríguez, Pont, Soto, Sobrado, Alonso, Espina, Pipi, Vidal, Ruiz, Velázquez, Pepillo, Fleitas, Guerini, Salguero, Juanito, Heredia, Muñoz Pérez, Paco Pineda, Jaro and Hurtado
(*) Under the CD Malacitano name
Coaches in common CD Málaga-Real Madrid
José Quirante* and Paco Bru
(*) Under the CD Malacitano name
(**) There were three CD Málaga coaches, Ricardo Zamora, Sabino Barinaga and José María Zárraga who were Madrid players
List of Málaga CF and CD Málaga players who formed part of the Madrid entity but didn’t debut with the Whites in the First Division:
- Málaga CF: Córcoles, Artero, David Criado, Valcarce, Edgar, Gerardo, Manu Sánchez, César Navas, Ernesto, Calleja, Iván González, Adrián González, Andrés Prieto and Luis Hernández.
- CD Málaga: Bachiller, Ajero, Maciá, Seoane, Gento II, Otiñano, Robles, Macías, Aráez, Búa, Corral, De las Heras and Villar.
To take into account
- Luis Hernández is suspended from this match. Chory Castro and Recio, on a cycle of four yellow cards, are the Malaguistas on the brink of sanction.
- The Madrid outfit has scored 31 points from 15 away games in LaLiga 17/18. They have accumulated 9 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats, with 32 goals scored and 16 conceded.
Stats
- Málaga CF and Real Madrid have faced each other 16 times in the First Division at La Rosaleda. Results: 1 victory, 5 draws and 10 defeats for the Malaguistas.
- Málaga CF, on matchday 32 of the previous 16 seasons in the First Division, has obtained 8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
