The match is being officiated by Jesús Gil Manzano. The referee from Extremadura has arbitrated Málaga CF in 14 First Division matches, with an even balance of 5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Out of these 14 games, Málaga CF were away for 7 of them, ending in 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats for the Blue and Whites. This will be the third time he has officiated a Real Madrid-Málaga CF in the League (6-2 in 2013 and 2-1 in 2017).
Players in common Real Madrid-Málaga CF
Fernando, Sandro, Ismael, Contreras, Fernando Sanz, Rojas, Canabal, Tote, Valdo, Baptista, Isco, Van Nistelrooy, Saviola, Miguel Torres, Juankar and Diego Llorente
Coaches in common Real Madrid-Málaga CF
Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini and Bernd Schuster
(*) Míchel, Malaguista coach, formed as a player in the Real Madrid youth ranks, remaining with the Whites for 13 seasons.
Players in common Real Madrid-CD Málaga
Luciano Crespo*, Huete*, Manuel Olivares, Vicente Olivares, Emilio, Tellado, Cabrera, García, Elzo, Becerril, González, Rodríguez, Pont, Soto, Sobrado, Alonso, Espina, Pipi, Vidal, Ruiz, Velázquez, Pepillo, Fleitas, Guerini, Salguero, Juanito, Heredia, Muñoz Pérez, Paco Pineda, Jaro and Hurtado
(*) Under the CD Malacitano name
Coaches in common Real Madrid-CD Málaga
José Quirante* and Paco Bru
(*) Under the CD Malacitano name
(**) There were three CD Málaga coaches; Ricardo Zamora, Sabino Barinaga and José María Zárraga, who were also Madrid players
List of players with Málaga CF and CD Málaga who formed part of the Madrid entity, but didn’t debut with the Whites in the First Division:
Málaga CF: Córcoles, Artero, David Criado, Valcarce, Edgar, Gerardo, Manu Sánchez, César Navas, Ernesto, Calleja, Iván González, Adrián, Andrés Prieto and Luis Hernández.
CD Málaga: Bachiller, Ajero, Maciá, Seoane, Gento II, Otiñano, Robles, Macías, Aráez, Búa, Corral, De las Heras and Villar.
To take into account
- Real Madrid CF and Málaga CF have locked horns 16 times in the First Division at the Bernabéu. The Blue and Whites have secured a draw on three occasions at the Whites’ ground.
- There has been one Copa del Rey match between these rivals at the ‘Merengue’ ground, in 2012, which ended in a favourable 3-2 result for Real Madrid.
- Following the goal debut of Borja Bastón, there are now 117 Málaga CF players who have scored at least one goal in the First Division.
- Rosales has accumulated four yellow cards so far in the competition, and is on the brink of sanction.
Check out this historic statistic…
Club Deportivo Málaga was the last team to visit the old Chamartín stadium, and defeated Real Madrid in a friendly by 4-5, on 15th May 1946.
