The Blue and Whites, 18th in the table with 41 points (+4 above the relegation zone), face this Asturian rival in 6th place with 63 points, marking the promotion playoff positions to LaLiga Santander, +3 points above 7th-placed SD Ponferradina.
Rubén Ávalos Barrera from Catalonia will be officiating. This 21/22 season he has refereed Málaga CF once, at Ipurua, on matchday 20 against SD Eibar (2-2). He has officiated 18 matches this Liga SmartBank season, showed 92 yellow cards (average of 5.11) and eight red cards (average of 0.44) up to now. Heading up the VAR is Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega from the Basque Country.
Players in common Málaga CF-Real Oviedo
Rafa, Dely Valdés, Erice, Adrián López, Jony, Borja Bastón, Koné, Blanco Leschuk, Aarón Ñíguez and Dani Barrio
(*) Lombán played in the Real Oviedo youth ranks
Coaches in common Málaga CF-Real Oviedo
Ismael Díaz
Players in common CD Málaga-Real Oviedo
Felipe, Muñiz, Sánchez, Seoane, Dalmau, Sande, Porras, Gallastegui and Santi
Coaches in common CD Málaga-Real Oviedo
Cristóbal Martí, Luis Urquiri, Pasarín, Juan Otxoa, Barinaga, Domingo Balmanya and Luis Costa
Match info
- Víctor Gómez and Luis Muñoz are suspended from this match. Paulino, Jozabed, Brandon and Ramón are on the verge of suspension on a cycle of four yellow cards.
- Brandon, with nine goals, is the top Blue and White scorer in the League. Former Malaguista, Borja Bastón, with 19 goals, is Oviedo’s top scorer and the ‘pichichi’ of the competition, tied with Stuani and Stoichkov.
- At home in the league, Málaga CF have obtained seven wins, six draws and six defeats (27 points), scoring 18 goals and conceding 23.
- Away from home in LaLiga SmartBank, Real Oviedo have accumulated six victories, eight draws and five defeats (26 points), scoring 18 goals and conceding 20.
- Counting the goal scored by Febas in Las Palmas, there are now 13 Málaga CF players who have scored so far in the League.
Stats and facts
- Almost a year ago, on 22nd May 2021, Francesc Arnau passed away. He was Real Oviedo’s sporting director at the time, was a Málaga CF goalkeeper for a decade (2001-2011), as well as MCF Academy head and the Club’s sporting director.
- The fourth time Málaga CF and Real Oviedo will play each other in the Second Division at La Rosaleda Stadium. In the previous three games, the Blue and Whites obtained two victories (3-0 in 18/19 and 2-1 in 19/20) and one draw (1-1 in 20/21).
- In addition, there was a Málaga-Oviedo clash at La Rosaleda during the 20/21 season, in the second round of the Copa del Rey. A goal from Chavarría in extra time (1-0) got the Malaguistas to the next round.
- In the First Division, MCF and Oviedo have faced one another on two occasions at Martiricos, resulting in a big 4-0 win in 99/00 and a 2-2 draw in 00/01 for the Blue and Whites.
- In the past six seasons played in the silver division, Málaga CF obtained four victories and two draws on matchday 39. The most memorable win was on 30th May 1999, the penultimate promotion to the elite (3-2 against Albacete at La Rosaleda). Coincidentally, the last defeat was almost a year ago against Oviedo at the Tartiere (1-0).
