Levante UD - Málaga CF match preview
Málaga CF are heading to the Ciutat de València to face Levante UD. This match, corresponding to league matchday 13, was postponed due to the DANA that affected the Comunidad Valenciana. The game will kick off tomorrow at 19:00.
The Blue and Whites, 10th in the standings with 22 points from 15 matches, faces a Valencian side ranked 9th with 23 points from 14 games in LaLiga Hypermotion.
The match will be officiated by Germán Cid Camacho. The 37-year-old referee from Segovia is in his second season in the Second Division. He will be assisted by Jon Ander González Esteban in the VAR, from the Basque Country.
Players in common Levante UD-Málaga CF
Jesule (*), Sandro, Brahim, Ruano, Pato, Duda, Miguel Ángel, Juanma, Nacho, Geijo, Armando Lozano, Salva Ballesta, Manolo Reina, Pina, Saúl, Molinero, Carpintero, Peragón, Munúa, Caicedo, Xavi Torres, Valdo, Manolo Gaspar, Rubén, Javi Guerra, Samuel García and Sadiku
(*) Also played for CD Málaga
Coaches in common Levante UD-Málaga CF
Juande Ramos, Bernd Schuster and Juan Ramón Muñiz
(*) Javi Calleja, former Levante coach, was a Málaga CF player (2006-09)
Players in common Levante UD-CD Málaga
Vales, Pauet, Mora, Moix, Rius, Calixto, Ocaña, Vidal, Wanderley, Catalá, Pons and Roa
Coaches in common Levante UD-CD Málaga
Rogelio Santiago “Lelé” and Luis Costa
(*) Vicente Piquer, a CD Málaga player between 1965 and 1967, was coach of Levante UD in the 1981/82 season
Players who debuted with Málaga CF against Levante UD at the Ciutat de València
• Antunes (Levante UD 1-2 Málaga CF, 09/02/2013)
• Flávio Ferreira (Levante UD 1-0 Málaga CF, 12/01/2014)
• Filipenko (Levante UD 3-2 Málaga CF, 13/01/2015)
Match info
- Alfonso Herrero is the only Malaguista who has played every minute (1,350) in the 15 league matches so far. He has kept a clean sheet in nine occasions, and has gone six consecutive matches without conceding a goal, totalling 589 minutes unbeaten. He is the leader in total saves (65) in the league.
- Manu Molina is the only Málaga player who has participated in every match of the 2024/25 season (15 in LaLiga Hypermotion and one in the Copa del Rey). He remains in the league's 'Top 2' for completed passes (767) and total passes (894).
- Luismi is suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards. The full-backs, Víctor and Puga, are both on four yellow cards and are at risk of suspension.
- Antoñito and Dioni, with three goals, are the Malaguista ‘pichichis’ in the League. Brugué, with four goals, is the rival’s top scorer.
- Málaga CF remains unbeaten as an away team in the league so far this season, having earned seven draws (three 2-2 results and four 0-0s) in seven matches away from La Rosaleda.
- Levante UD have not lost at home in the current league season. They have accumulated three wins and three draws (12 points) from six matches, with 11 goals scored and 6 conceded.
Stats and facts
- This will be the second encounter in Second Division against Levante UD under the current name of the club as MCF. The only previous meeting, in the 2022/23 season, ended in a 1-0 victory for Levante, with a goal from Iborra.
- In total, Levante UD and Málaga CF have played 10 times at the Ciutat de València. Eight of these matches were in First Division, and one in the Copa del Rey, with Málaga recording three wins and seven losses, including the aforementioned defeat in Second Division. The Blue and White goal tally stands at 8 goals scored and 17 conceded.
- CD Málaga won their last three visits to Levante's stadium in Second Division. They triumphed 2-4 in the 1980/81 season, 2-3 the following season in 1981/82, and 1-3 in 1990/91, with the standout goal scorer being Luis Merino, who scored a hat-trick.
- In the eight seasons in which Málaga CF played in the Second Division, on matchday 13, their record was three wins, one draw, and four losses.