The Malaguistas and the island team sit 4th and 5th in the LALIGA HYPERMOTION table, both on 57 points, occupying playoff places for promotion to the First Division.
Referee Andrés Fuentes will take charge of #MálagaLasPalmas. The 35-year-old official from Valencia is in his fourth season in the Second Division. He will be assisted in the VAR by Óliver De La Fuente from Valladolid.
Players in common Málaga CF-UD Las Palmas
Oti, Axier, Sandro, Agostinho, Schürrer, Gerardo Carrera, Apoño, Roberto Santamaría, Rondón, Peñaranda, Sadiku, Jairo, Sandro Ramírez, Rubén Castro and Cristian
(*) Aarón Escandell, former Atlético Malagueño goalkeeper, played for UD Las Palmas
Coaches in common Málaga CF-UD Las Palmas
Pepe Mel
Players in common CD Málaga-UD Las Palmas
Cabrera, Elzo, Manolo Torres, Beneyto, Gutiérrez, Romero, Mújica, Ríos, Calixto, Catalá, Juani, Jaime Molina and Onofre
Coaches in common CD Málaga-UD Las Palmas
Juan Otxoa and Marcel Domingo
(*) Antonio Ruiz, CD Málaga player (1963/64), coached UD Las Palmas
Players who debuted with Málaga CF against UD Las Palmas at La Rosaleda
• Milijas (Málaga CF 0-0 UD Las Palmas, 27/09/1998)
• Cifuentes (Málaga CF 1-3 UD Las Palmas, 11/09/2017)
• Iván Alejo (Málaga CF 0-0 UD Las Palmas, 10/02/2019)
• Fran Villalba (Málaga CF 0-4 UD Las Palmas, 22/08/2022)
Match info
• Funes is one game away from matching his initial run of nine consecutive games unbeaten in charge of the first team. He has recorded four wins and four draws in his last eight matches, scoring 17 goals and conceding 10.
• Ramón returned to wearing the Blue and White shirt, making his debut in the 2025/26 season last matchday at Riazor. After Dani Lorenzo, who reached 100 official appearances in Andorra, the Granada-born midfielder is now just three games away from becoming a centurion for Málaga.
• Alfonso Herrero is the only Málaga CF player to have played all 3,060 minutes of the league season. The Toledo-born goalkeeper is second in the competition for total saves with 113, only behind UD Almería goalkeeper Andrés Fernández, who has made 118.
• Chupe is Málaga’s top scorer with 16 goals, placing him third in LALIGA HYPERMOTION behind Arribas (21) and Andrés (17). Jesé, Manu Fuster, and Ale García, all with seven goals each, are the visitors’ leading scorers.
• Izan Merino and Dani Lorenzo are suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. David Larrubia and Joaquín Muñoz are both one booking away from suspension, having reached four yellow cards each in their accumulation cycle.
• Málaga CF, the third-best home side in the division, have recorded 10 wins, six draws and just one defeat in 17 home matches, collecting 36 points, scoring 35 goals and conceding 19.
• UD Las Palmas have played 16 away matches, recording five wins, seven draws and four defeats, collecting 22 points on the road, with 17 goals scored and 16 conceded. The Canarian side also have the fewest defeats in the competition (7) and the lowest number of goals conceded (28 overall).
Stats and facts
• This will be the ninth time Málaga CF and UD Las Palmas meet at La Rosaleda in Second Division. In the previous eight encounters, Málaga have won three, there have been four draws, and Las Palmas have won once, the most recent meeting, in the 2022/23 season.
• The two teams have also met five more times in the First Division and once in Segunda División B at Martiricos, back when Málaga CF was known as Atlético Malagueño. Across those matches, Málaga recorded three wins, one draw and two defeats. Overall, the head-to-head record stands at six wins, five draws and three defeats for Málaga against Las Palmas, with 18 goals scored and 16 conceded.
• Club Deportivo Málaga and Las Palmas have faced each other 24 times in official matches at La Rosaleda. Málaga have won 15, drawn six, and lost three, scoring 34 goals and conceding 13, giving the Blue and Whites a strong historical record at home.
• The last CD Málaga-UD Las Palmas match at La Rosaleda took place on 27th October 1991, on matchday 9 of the 1991/92 Second Division season. It ended in a 2-1 win for José Luis Monreal’s Málaga, with goals from Kirov (penalty) and Villa securing the victory for the Blue and Whites.
• Across the nine seasons Málaga CF have played in the Second Division, the team’s record on matchday 35 stands at four wins, four draws, and one defeat.
