The Malaguistas, with 7 points in 7th place in the standings, face the Red and Whites who like newly promoted Cultural Leonesa and Ceuta, have yet to earn any points and sit at the bottom of the table.
Referee Salvador Lax will officiate the match. The 34-year-old from Murcia is beginning his third season in the Second Division. Cantabrian José Antonio López will be in charge of the VAR.
Players in common Málaga CF-Granada 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, Granada’s reserve team, which is managed by former Juvenil ‘A’ coach Luis Bueno. Last season, Bueno coached former Málaga player Jon Erice, and the team also included former reserve team players such as Julio Martínez, Mario da Costa, and Eu.
(**) Diego González, former Málaga CF defender (2017–20), spent one season with Granada CF ‘B’. Aarón Escandell, former Atlético Malagueño goalkeeper (2013–17), played for Granada CF. Former Granada youth players such as Hugo Vallejo and Miguel de la Osa were developed in the Red and White academy.
Coaches in common Málaga CF-Granada CF
Ismael Díaz, Joaquín Peiró and José González
Players in common CD Málaga-Granada CF
Fernández*, Mitje*, Calderón*, Patricio*, Bachiller, Carbelo, Méndez, González, Molina, Ben Barek, Tosco, Jorge Vaquer, Serrano, Carrión, Rojas, Tello, Toni, Paquito, Antonio Álvarez, Ignacio, Onofre and Diego López
(*) As CD Malacitano
Coaches in common CD Málaga-Granada CF
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 La Rosaleda
• Buonanotte (Málaga CF 4-0 Granada CF, 12/09/2011)
• Isco (Málaga CF 4-0 Granada CF, 12/09/2011)
Match info
• Three Málaga CF players have played all 270 minutes of the season so far: Larrubia, Montero, and Alfonso Herrero. The goalkeeper ranks second in the division, behind former Malaguista Yáñez (13), in total saves (12, averaging four per match).
• Adrián Niño and Granada’s Hongla will be absent due to international commitments with Spain U-21 and Cameroon, respectively.
• Rafa, with two goals, is Málaga’s top scorer. Hongla and Pablo Sáenz have scored Granada’s two goals across the three league matches played so far.
• Málaga CF have earned 4 points at home from two matches, with one win and one draw, scoring two goals and conceding one.
• Granada CF lost their only away match in the current season, falling 3-0 at Eibar.
Stats and facts
• This will be the fourth time Málaga CF and Granada CF face each other in the Second Division at La Rosaleda. The previous results between the two teams are: a Málaga win in 2024/25 (1-0), a draw in 2022/23 (1-1), and an away win for Granada in 2018/19 (0-1).
• Additionally, there have been 11 more official matches at La Rosaleda: six in the First Division, one in the Copa del Rey, and four in Segunda División B, one of them as Atlético Malagueño. Málaga’s record against Granada in these games is four wins, five draws, and two losses.
• In the Second Division, CD Málaga hosted Granada CF at Martiricos on 18 occasions, the first being in the 1934/35 season, when the clubs were named CD Malacitano and Recreativo Granada. That match, played at Baños del Carmen on 10th February 1935, ended with a 3-1 win for CD Malacitano. The overall record of the 18 encounters, 14 at La Rosaleda and four at Baños del Carmen, was 12 wins, five draws, and one loss for CD Málaga, with 37 goals scored and 12 conceded.
• Malaguista legend Sebastián Viberti played his first match for CD Málaga in a friendly against Granada CF at La Rosaleda on 26th November 1969. The game ended with a 3-2 win for the Blue and Whites.
• Granada CF is, after Real Murcia (60), the team CD Málaga has faced the most in its history. A total of 59 encounters, including 10 as CD Malacitano and 8 as Recreativo Granada.
• In the nine seasons Málaga CF played in the Second Division, they recorded two wins, two draws, and five losses on matchday 4.