This Saturday Atlético Malagueño visit Extremadura to take on CF Villanovense in the 15thmatch of Second Division ‘B’ Group IV.
The game will be refereed by Madrid-licensed Alejando Patiño Álvarez, who is debuting this season in Second Division B.
Players in common CF Villanovense-Atlético Malagueño
Javi Muñoz*, Pina*
*Under the denomination of Málaga CF ‘B’
Managers in common CF Villanovense-Atlético Malagueño
Jaime Molina,Manolo Sanlúcar
To note
Deco and Abqar with 4 yellow cards are under sanction.
Deco and Joan Grasa, the only reserves who have played in all league matches.
With the debut in goal of Álvaro Fernández, there are 90 players who have now played in at least one match on Second Division B in the history of Atlético Malagueño.
Atlético Malagueño has 2 consecutive wins, notching up in addition the first goals as the home side against Atlético Sanluqueño, both goals coming from youth players (Iván Jaime and Hugo)
CF Villanovense has managed as the home side 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, with a balance of 5 goals in favour and 6 goals against.
Statistics
It is the second time that both teams face off each other in Second Division B, on the first occasion, in match of the 25th day of the 2006-07 season, the then Málaga CF 'B' beat FC Villanovense 1-2, Javi Fernández and Óscar were those who secured the malaguistas goals.
The balance in the day '15' in 2ª B is a draw (1-1 before the AD Ceuta) and a defeat (2-0 also before the AD Ceuta) for the malaguistas.
Manolo Sanlúcar
The coach of the reserves returns to Villanueva de la Serena, where he trained CF Villanovense in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
In the 2015-16 season he made his debut on the bench with the Extremadura team in 31stmatch of the league, Villanovense was then in 16th place in the qualifying table, at the end of the league and after a good run of results the team finished in the 12thposition.
The following season, which was his last with Villanovense, the team finished in 3rd place, getting its best position in history, also playing the playoffs of promotion to Second Division.