The Malaguista reserve team, having achieved their first win of the season last weekend in Sevilla, are now seeking their first home victory. Manolo Sanlúcar’s boys (20th, 4 points) face the Cádiz rival who are in 11th place in the table with 18 points.
The match will be refereed by Murcia-born Salvador Lax Franco, his 5th season in the bronze category of Spanish football.
Players in common Atlético Malagueño-Atlético Sanluqueño
Pedro Carrión*, Abel Gómez*, Ezequiel*, Carlitos and Poley
(*) Under the Málaga CF ‘B' name
Coaches in common Atlético Malagueño-Atlético Sanluqueño
None
To take into account
- Deco, with 4 yellow cards, is the Malaguista on the brink of sanction.
- Deco and Joan Grasa, the only reserve team players to have played all league games.
- Away from home, Atlético Sanluqueño have obtained 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats, with a balance of 4 goals scored and 10 conceded.
- On the Atlético Sanluqueño squad is Dani Güiza, an international with Spain who won the UEFA Euro 2008. The former 'pichichi' of the First Division with RCD Mallorca (27 goals in 2007/08) has scored 2 goals so far this season, the most recent being last weekend in Sanluqueño’s 2-1 win against Almería B.
Stats and facts
- The first time that these two teams face each other, both in an official match and in Second Division B.
- The previous balance of results on matchday 14 in Second B is 1 draw (0-0 against UD Melilla) and 1 defeat (1-2 against CF Extremadura) for the MCF reserve team.