The match will be refereed by the Galician-born Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva, who to date, has officiated 22 official Málaga CF matches, which can be broken down as follows.
- 14 games in Primera División (7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats)
- 6 games in Segunda División (3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat)
- 2 games in Copa del Rey (2 defeats)
Players in common between CD Leganés-Málaga CF
Artero, Catanha, Canabal, Gerardo, Calandria, Antonio López, Jonatan Valle, Edu Ramos, Amrabat, Samu García and Alberto Bueno.
(*) There have been no managers in common between Málaga CF y el CD Leganés.
(**) The ex-CD Málaga and Atlético Malagueño, Rafa Muñoz, was manager of CD Leganés in the 2010/11 season, as was Miguel Rivera, who trained the then Málaga CF ‘B’ in the 1997/98 seaosn and was the manager of CD Leganés in the 2010/11 season.
(***) There’s been no CD Málaga member who has played or trained with the first team of CD Leganés.
Notes of interest
- The only clash in the Primera División, last seaon in Butarque, between CD Leganés and Málaga CF (0-0). At the same time, only one meeting between both sides in the Segunda División, in the 1998/99 season, which ended in a Malaguista victory (0-2) thanks to a double by Basti.
- Málaga CF, in match 27 of the 16 previous season in the Primera División, has managed 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
- Leganés, in LaLiga 17/18, has managed 18 points in 12 matches. They’ve accumulated 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, with 11 goals in their favours and 12 against.
- Luis Hernández, Chory Castro and Recio, with four yellow cards currently are the Malagistas under sanction.
