The Blue and Whites, with eight points in 14th place in the table, visit the Cantabrian team, which sits 4th with 13 points, in the promotion playoff spots for the First Division.
Marta Huerta will referee #RacingMálaga. The 35-year-old from Palencia is starting her second season in the Second Division. She will be assisted in the VAR by David Gálvez from Madrid.
Players in common Real Racing Club-Málaga CF
Solaeta, Salva Ballesta, Diego Alonso, Alexis, César Navas, Geijo, Calatayud, Anderson, Schürrer, Jonatan Valle, Valdo, Toribio, Juanmi, Lacen, Mamadou Koné, Adrián González, Caye Quintana, Jairo, Harper, Sekou, Rubén Castro, Lago Junior, Dioni, Ferreiro, Baturina and Montero
(*) Andreu and Marc Torrejón, players from Málaga CF ‘B’, once played for Racing de Santander; Rafa de Vicente, a former Racing player, was with Atlético Malagueño from 2012 to 2015. Paulino, a Málaga CF player in the 2021/22 season, came through the Real Racing Club youth ranks
Coaches in common Real Racing Club-Málaga CF
Gregorio Manzano, Marcos Alonso, Juan Ramón Muñiz and José Alberto López
(*) Víctor Sánchez del Amo, former Malaguista coach, played for Real Racing Club during the 1998/99 season.
Players in common Real Racing Club-CD Málaga
Huete*, Alonso*, García Gordillo*, Yayo*, Galcerá*, Fuentes, Garín, Lezama, Galacho, San Emeterio, Sobrado, Martínez, Espina, Gento II, Varela, Corral and Macan
(*) As CD Malacitano
Coaches in common Real Racing Club-CD Málaga
Cristóbal Martí, Luis Urquiri, Antonio Barrios, Gabriel Andonegui, Juan Otxoa and Otto Bumbel
Players who debuted with Málaga CF against Real Racing Club at El Sardinero
• Usero (Racing de Santander 2-1 Málaga CF, 09/01/2005)
• Pere Martí (Racing de Santander 1-1 Málaga CF, 21/12/2008)
• Ismael Casas (Racing de Santander 0-1 Málaga CF, 17/08/2019)
• Ramón (Racing de Santander 0-1 Málaga CF, 17/08/2019)
Match info
• Alfonso Herrero is the only Málaga player to have played all 630 minutes of the season so far. The goalkeeper from Toledo ranks fifth in total saves (22). The leader is former Malaguista keeper Yáñez, with 30.
• After making his debut last week in Burgos, Dorrio became the 461st player to wear the Málaga CF shirt in an official match.
• Einar, sent off in the previous match, is the first player of the season to be suspended. Izan Merino will also be unavailable, as he is playing in the U-20 World Cup with Spain in Chile.
• Rafa and Chupe, both with two goals, are Málaga’s top scorers. Andrés Martín, with five goals, is the home team’s leading scorer.
• Málaga CF have played three away matches so far in the current LIGA HYPERMOTION, with one win (1-0 at Las Palmas) and two defeats (1-0 at Huesca and 2-1 at Burgos).
• Racing de Santander have played four home matches this season. They won the first two (3-1 against Castellón and 4-1 against Ceuta) and lost the last two (2-4 to Cultural Leonesa and 1-2 to Andorra).
Stats and facts
• This will be the fourth time Málaga CF visit El Sardinero in a Second Division match. Previous meetings include a Málaga win (0-1, goal by Adrián González) in the first matchday of 2019/20, a 0-0 draw on matchday 8 of 2022/23, and a Racing victory (2-1) last season (2024/25) on matchday 25.
• In the First Division, Racing de Santander and Málaga CF have faced each other 10 times in Cantabria, with Málaga CF recording five wins, two draws, and three losses. In addition, they met once in the Copa del Rey in the 2007/08 season, with the home team winning 2-0.
• Only victory. CD Málaga played 13 away matches against the Santander team. Their sole win came in the 1987/88 season, in the Second Division, when Kubala’s “Súper Málaga” triumphed 0-2 with goals from Ruiz and Rivas.
• Promotion. Club Deportivo Málaga secured its fourth promotion to the First Division on 29th April 1962 against Racing de Santander, despite losing 1-0 in Cantabria in the second leg of the promotion playoff. They had won the first leg 3-0.
• In the nine seasons that Málaga CF played in the Second Division, they recorded two wins, six draws, and one loss on matchday 8.
