The match will get underway tomorrow, Sunday (11:30) at the Federación Malagueña ground, and will be officiated by Guillermo Conejero Sánchez. The referee from Extremadura, who is currently in his fourth season in the bronze division of Spanish football, will be in charge of an official Atlético Malagueño match for the first time.
UCAM were victorious in the first-round clash against the reserve team in Murcia (3-1) and are sitting in second place in the standings with 51 points. Manolo Sanlúcar’s boys are in 20th position with 17 points.
Players in common Atlético Malagueño-UCAM Murcia CF
Abel Gómez*, Julián and Iván Aguilar
(*) Under the Málaga CF ‘B’ name
(**) Homegrown Malaguistas including Antoñete, Jona and Pol Ballesté also played for Murcia
Coaches in common Atlético Malagueño-UCAM Murcia CF
None
To take into account
- Chica and Juande, with 4 yellow cards, are the Malaguistas on the brink of sanction.
- Malagueño are 10 points away, with 36 still in play, from the team marking the play-off positions to stay in the category (16th, Villanovense).
- Onwu and Luis Fernández, with 7 goals, are the rival’s highest-scorers. Hicham, with 3 goals, is the most successful Malaguista in front of goal
Stats and facts
- The first official match in Málaga between the Malaguista reserve team and UCAM Murcia CF.
- The balance of results on matchday 27 in Second B is 1 victory (1-0 against CP Cacereño) and 1 defeat (2-0 against UD Melilla) for the Malaguista reserve team.
