The Blue and Whites have picked up one point from their opening two league matches, while the Madrid side have won both of their games, beating Espanyol away from home (1-2) and Real Sociedad at home (4-1).

The referee for #RealMadridMálaga will be Alicante-born Juan Martínez, with Daniel Jesús from Tenerife on VAR duty.

Players in common Real Madrid CF-Málaga CF

Fernando, Sandro, Ismael, Contreras, Fernando Sanz, Rojas, Canabal, Tote, Valdo, Baptista, Isco, Van Nistelrooy, Saviola, Miguel Torres, Juankar, Diego Llorente, Alberto Bueno, José Rodríguez, Yáñez and Juanfran

(*) Dotor, Dani Lorenzo and Alfonso Herrero, are Malaguistas in the current squad who came through Real Madrid’s youth ranks

(**) Brahim and Huijsen, Madridistas in the 2026/27 squad who came through Málaga’s youth academy

Coaches in common Real Madrid CF-Málaga CF

Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini and Bernd Schuster

(*) Míchel González, former Malaguista coach, played for 13 seasons with Real Madrid CF

(**) Víctor Sánchez del Amo, ex White player, cocached Málaga CF

Players in common Real Madrid CF-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

(*) As CD Malacitano

Coaches in common Real Madrid CF-CD Málaga

José Quirante* and Paco Bru

(*) As CD Malacitano

(**) Three CD Málaga managers, Ricardo Zamora, Sabino Barinaga and José María Zárraga, previously played for Real Madrid.

Match info

• Málaga CF surpassed CD Málaga’s tally of 647 matches in the First Division with their game against RC Deportivo. In 648 top-flight matches, MCF have recorded 209 wins, 165 draws and 274 defeats, scoring 780 goals and conceding 901 in Spain’s top flight.

• Possible debut for Pablo Martínez. The Madrid-born midfielder could join Salinas, who featured on the opening matchday, in making his first official appearance as a Blue and White player.

• Chupe scored his first top flight goal against Antonio Hidalgo’s Deportivo, overtaking the current Deportivo coach in goals for Málaga. The ‘9’ now has 30 goals for the club, compared with Hidalgo’s 29. Next in the Córdoba-born striker’s sights is Darío Silva, who scored 37 goals for Málaga.

• Mbappé, the LALIGA EA SPORTS 'pichichi' in each of the past two seasons, has netted three goals in the opening two league matches.

Stats and facts

• Real Madrid CF and Málaga CF have met 17 times in the First Division at the Bernabéu. The hosts have won 14 of those encounters, with the Blue and Whites claiming three draws. The most recent league meeting came in the 2017/18 season, when Real Madrid ran out 3-2 winners. The sides also met in the Copa del Rey in 2012, with Real Madrid edging a close 3-2 victory.

• An unforgettable ‘Cazorlazo’. Matchday 28 of the 2011/12 season. Pellegrini’s Málaga salvaged a point in Madrid at the death, cancelling out Benzema’s opener (1-0, 35’) for Mourinho’s side. Santi Cazorla’s superb direct free kick sealed the final 1-1 in the 92^nd minute, moments before the final whistle.

• Legendary Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, with 25 appearances, is the player who has faced Málaga CF the most times in its history.

• Juanito ‘Maravilla’. Every 7^th minute in Chamartín, Juan Gómez ‘Juanito’ comes alive. Since his passing in 1992, the Fuengirola-born legend, an icon of Real Madrid comebacks with his indomitable spirit, has been chanted from the stands at every match at the iconic stadium.  

• Real Madrid and CD Málaga met 20 times in the First Division at the Santiago Bernabéu. Real Madrid won 16 of those encounters, with the other four ending in draws, the most recent being a historic 0-0 in the 1984/85 season. In the Cup, the sides met four times in Madrid, with Real Madrid winning three and Málaga claiming one draw (1-1 in 1965/66).

• Club Deportivo Málaga were the last team to visit the old Chamartín Stadium, beating Real Madrid 4-5 in a friendly on 15^th May 1946.