The Blue and Whites, with 44 points and in 15th place in the table, will play the Madrid outfit, in 9th place with 49 points. The match will be broadcast by Movistar LaLiga.
Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez will be officiating from the Canaries. He has refereed Málaga in 10 official matches both in the First and Second Division, with a balance of four victories and six defeats for the Malaguistas. Juan Luis Pulido Santana, also from the Canary Islands, will head up the VAR.
Players in common Rayo Vallecano-Málaga CF
Bravo, José González, Movilla, Ruano, Rojas, Contreras, Iznata, Canabal, Koke, Míchel, Peragón, Iván Rosado, Ibán Cuadrado, Rubén Martínez, Seba Fernández, Casado, Javi Guerra, Iturra, Alberto Bueno, Adrián and Pacheco
Coaches in common Rayo Vallecano-Málaga CF
Juande Ramos, Gregorio Manzano, Marcos Alonso and Míchel
Players in common Rayo Vallecano-CD Málaga
Trigueros, Bellido, Larrubia, Ortiz, Madrid, Palacios, Dalmau, Velázquez, Búa, Aráez, Chesa and Zapatera
Coaches in common Rayo Vallecano-CD Málaga
Ramón Colón
Málaga CF players who debuted against Rayo Vallecano at Vallecas
- Casado (Rayo Vallecano 4-1 Málaga CF, 08/02/2014)
- Iakovenko (Rayo Vallecano 4-1 Málaga CF, 08/02/2014)
To take into account
- Mikel, Diego González and injured former Rayo player, Pacheco, are the Malaguistas on the verge of suspension with four yellow cards. Sadiku is missing out on this game for an accumulation of cards; as well as Adrían due to suspension.
- Sadiku is Málaga’s league ‘pichichi’ with 13 goals. Embarba - current RCD Espanyol player – is the rival’s highest scorer with seven goals.
- Away from home, Málaga CF has obtained three league victories, nine draws and six defeats (18 points), scoring nine goals and conceding 13.
- At home, Rayo Vallecano have played 18 games in LaLiga SmartBank, with a total of eight wins, seven draws and three defeats (31 points), with 24 goals scored and 17 conceded.
- Málaga CF is the team to have conceded the fewest goals in the category, 31 out of 36 games. In addition, Rayo (19) and MCF (17) have obtained the most draws in the Second Division.
Stats and facts
- The first time Málaga CF will play a league match in the month of July.
- The second time Rayo Vallecano and Málaga CF will face each other in the Second Division. The last time, in the 1998/99 season, the match ended in victory for the Malaguistas by 0-2 with a brace from Catanha.
- In addition, Rayo Vallecano and MCF have played one another 10 times at Vallecas: nine in the First Division and once in the Copa del Rey (when the competition was called the Copa del Generalísimo and the club was named Atlético Malagueño). The Malaguista results in these 10 games were two victories and eight defeats; 13 goals scored and 27 conceded.
- In the past four seasons in the Second Division, on matchday 37, Málaga CF obtained two victories (2-0 against FC Barcelona ‘B’ and 3-2 against UD Vecindario), one draw (1-1 against Cádiz CF) and one defeat (1-2 against Gimnàstic de Tarragona).
