The Blue and Whites are heading to Madrid to face CF Rayo Majadahonda at Cerro del Espino, sitting in fourth place – before the matchday gets underway – with 45 points. The rival, debuting in the category, is in 17th place with 27 points.
The match will be officiated by Javier Iglesias Villanueva from Galicia, who has refereed Málaga CF in 2 official games, both this season. One, at home, was the first-round clash with Sunday’s rival (Málaga CF 1-0 Rayo Majadahonda) as well as the Extremadura UD 1-0 Málaga CF match.
Players in common CF Rayo Majadahonda-Málaga CF
Héctor Hernández
(*) There is the case of a player in the senior category who was part of both teams, Portuguese-born Hugo Miguel Pereira Cardoso ‘Fininho’, who was with CF Rayo Majadahonda in the 2003-04 season, and the following campaign joined Málaga CF ‘B’.
(**) Jesús Rodríguez Ortuño ‘Echu’, current CF Rayo Majadahonda player, belonged to the Málaga CF youth ranks from the cadete to juvenil categories, winning the Copa de Campeones de Juveniles with Málaga CF in the 2015-16 season.
Coaches in common CF Rayo Majadahonda-Málaga CF
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To take into account
- Pau Torres, Diego González, Lombán and Iván Rodríguez, with 4 yellow cards, are the Malaguistas on the brink of sanction.
- Keidi Bare and Blanco Leschuk, are both absent due to sanction.
- Pau is still the only Málaga CF player who has played all full league games so far this season (2,250 minutes).
- With the debut of Iván Alejo against UD Las Palmas, there are now 354 players who have taken part in at least one official match with MCF since 1994.
- CF Rayo Majadahonda, at home in LaLiga 1|2|3, have obtained 5 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats, scoring 12 goals and conceding 12.
Curiosities, stats and facts
- The first time the Majariegos and Blue and Whites face one another at Cerro del Espino.
- Málaga CF has already played an official match at this ground. In the 1998-99 season, it was matchday 30 against Atlético de Madrid B, ending in a 5-3 defeat for the Malaguistas.
- In the three seasons MCF has competed in the Second Division, on matchday 26, the Blue and Whites have obtained 3 draws, all by 1-1, against SD Eibar at La Rosaleda and away to UD Las Palmas and Sporting de Gijón.
- Antonio Vilches, the current sports director of CF Rayo Majadahonda, who relieved José María Movilla of the post (under whom the Madrid club achieved its historic promotion to the Second Division), was with Málaga CF last season as a match analyst.
