The Blue and Whites, 5th in the standings with 29 points, are visiting 6th-placed Mallorca with 27 points. The match will be officiated by Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega from the Basque Country, the second time he will referee MCF in the Second Division (the first time was on matchday 9’s 2-1 win against Albacete Balompié). In addition, he also officiated the Málaga-Almería Copa del Rey Clash held at La Rosaleda.
Players in common RCD Mallorca-Málaga CF
José González, De los Santos, Milijas, Rufete, Alberto Luque, Josemi, Geijo, Calatayud, Juan Rodríguez, Manolo Reina, Molinero, Roberto Santamaría, Tissone and ‘Chory’ Castro
Coaches in common RCD Mallorca-Málaga CF
Gregorio Manzano
Players in common RCD Mallorca-CD Málaga
Salas (*), Fuentes, Felipe, Zamora, Juanele, Rius, Pepillo, Rovira, Fali Gallardo, Modesto, Juani, Chano and Hassan
(*) Under the CD Malacitano name
Coaches in common RCD Mallorca-CD Málaga
Andonegui, Barinaga, Otto Bumbel, Juan Ramón and Marcel Domingo
Players who debuted with Málaga CF against RCD Mallorca in the Balearics
- Iznata (RCD Mallorca 2-1 Málaga CF, 24/10/1999)
- Canabal (RCD Mallorca 0-1 Málaga CF, 24/09/2000)
- Martín Rivas (RCD Mallorca 0-1 Málaga CF, 24/09/2000)
- Perico (RCD Mallorca 1-0 Málaga CF, 21/06/2003)
- Alberto Aguilar (RCD Mallorca 1-0 Málaga CF, 21/06/2003)
- Dopico (RCD Mallorca 1-0 Málaga CF, 21/06/2003)
- Ador (RCD Mallorca 1-0 Málaga CF, 21/06/2003)
- Lugano (RCD Mallorca 2-3 Málaga CF, 27/01/2013)
To take into account
- Pau Torres is still the only Málaga CF player who has taken part in all LaLiga 1|2|3 games in full up to now (1,440 minutes).
- N’Diaye, with 4 yellow cards, is the Malaguista on the brink of sanction.
- RCD Mallorca have accumulated 5 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their 8 league home games, with a balance of 14 goals scored and 7 conceded.
Stats and facts
- The first time Málaga CF and RCD Mallorca will face one another in the Second Division, although they have locked horns at Son Moix on 13 occasions; 12 in the First Division and 1 in the Copa del Rey.
- The Malaguista balance of results in these 13 games is 5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
- In the previous three seasons in the Second Division, on matchday 17, MCF obtained 2 victories (2-1 against CD Numancia and 1-0 against CD Tenerife) and 1 draw (1-1 against Hércules CF).
