The Blue and Whites, currently 5th in the promotion playoff places with 44 points and one matchday remaining in the second third of the season, will face the Red and Whites, who sit 16th in the standings with 32 points.
Germán Cid will officiate Granada-Málaga. The 38-year-old from Segovia has spent three seasons in the second tier. In the 2025/26 season, he has refereed Málaga CF once (1-1 at La Rosaleda against Real Zaragoza). He will be assisted in the VAR by Valentín Pizarro.
Players in common Granada CF-Málaga CF
Oti, Méndez, Zúñiga, Ricard, Manolo Herrero, Paco Esteban, Geijo, Buonanotte, Iturra, Uche, Ochoa, Recio, Juankar, Peñaranda, Success, Alberto Bueno, Antoñín, Lombán, Vadillo, Ignasi Miquel and Borja Bastón
(*) Malaguista Carlos Puga was part of Granada CF’s youth ranks
(**) Former Malaguistas Cristian and Alberto López played for Club Recreativo Granada, the Granada reserve team coached by former Málaga CF Juvenil A coach Luis Bueno. He previously coached former Blue and White player Jon Erice last season, and the squad also included former reserve team players such as Julio Martínez, Mario da Costa, and Eu.
(***) Diego González, a former defender for Málaga CF (2017–20), spent one season with Granada CF 'B'. Aarón Escandell, a former player for Atlético Malagueño (2013-17), also played for Granada CF. Ex Granada reserve team players such as Hugo Vallejo and Miguel de la Osa were developed in the Granada youth system.
Coaches in common Granada CF-Málaga CF
Ismael Díaz, Joaquín Peiró and José González
Players in common Granada CF-CD Málaga
Fernández*, Mitje*, Calderón*, Patricio*, Bachiller, Carbelo, Méndez, González, Molina, Ben Barek, Tosco, Jorge Vaquer, Serrano, Carrión, Megido, Rojas, Tello, Toni, Paquito, Antonio Álvarez, Ignacio, Onofre and Diego López
(*) As CD Malacitano
Coaches in common Granada CF-CD Málaga
Paco Bru, Pasarín, Lelé, Domingo Balmanya, Jenos Kalmar, Marcel Domingo, Carmona Ros and Ben Barek
Players who debuted with Málaga CF against Granada CF at Los Cármenes
• Rafa (Granada CF 1-1 Málaga CF, 11/05/1997)
• Trobbiani (Granada CF 1-0 Málaga CF, 05/10/1997)
• Chupe (Granada CF 2-2 Málaga CF, 20/09/2024)
Match info
• Alfonso Herrero is the only player in Málaga CF to have played all 2,430 minutes of the league campaign. The goalkeeper from Toledo is currently second in the competition for total saves (92), behind Andrés Fernández of UD Almería, who has 97.
• Chupe is the top scorer (10) and assist provider (3) for the team in LALIGA HYPERMOTION. Alemañ, Pascual, and Petit, all with 5 goals each, are the top scorers for the Red and Whites.
• David Larrubia is the best dribbler in LALIGA HYPERMOTION with 79 completed dribbles, ahead of Yeremay Hernández, the winger for Deportivo de La Coruña, who has 73.
• There are four Málaga players currently one yellow card away from a suspension, each on four bookings: Izan Merino, Carlos Puga, Dani Lorenzo, and Juanpe.
• Málaga CF, away from home in the league, have recorded in 13 matches four wins, one draw, and eight defeats (13 points), with 13 goals scored and 18 conceded.
• Granada CF have played 14 home matches, recording four wins, seven draws, and three defeats (19 points), with 19 goals scored and 14 conceded.
Stats and facts
• This will be the fourth time Málaga CF and Granada CF meet at Nuevo Los Cármenes in the Second Division. The previous results were two wins for the Granada side by the same scoreline (1-0) in the 2018/19 and 2022/23 seasons, and one draw (2-2) last season (2024/25).
• In the First and Segunda División 'B', the total number of official matches played in Granada is 10, with 1 win, 3 draws, and 6 defeats for Málaga CF (7 goals scored and 12 conceded). The Blue and Whites’ only victory came in the top flight in the 2016/17 season, winning 0-2 with a brace from Sandro Ramírez.
• CD Málaga played in Granada on 14 occasions in the Second Division, plus another four times under the name CD Malacitano. Across those 18 meetings in total, the first three against the then-called Recreativo Granada, the record stands at 4 wins, 5 draws, and 9 defeats for the Malaguistas, with 21 goals scored and 28 conceded.
• Ben Barek legend. The Moroccan player played for Granada CF from 1956 to 1958, achieving promotion to the top flight in 1957. In 1958, he signed for CD Málaga, where he remained until 1968, securing three promotions to the elite and one to the Second Division. From 1978 to 1980, he managed Granada CF in the Second Division. The following season, he took charge of CD Málaga’s bench, and later also coached during the final years of the now-defunct Blue and White club (1990-92).
• In the nine seasons they competed in the Second Division, on matchday 28 Málaga CF recorded six wins and three defeats.