This is the fourth match against the Whites this season.  In the first round match of the championship in La Rosaleda, Madrid won by four goals to nil.  In the eighth round of the Copa del Rey, Málaga lost by 3-2 in Chamartín, and then suffered another defeat in Martirícos (0-1).
 
MCF statistics and trivia
 

• Málaga CF has never won a League match against Real Madrid CF, since the Club was founded in 1994 (5 draws and 16 defeats).
• Málaga has gained nearly double the amount of points (40) than last season (23) at this stage of the championship.
• Málaga CF travel to the Bernabéu after three consecutive League wins, with the team not in front on the scoreboard at half time.
• Pellegrini’s men have conceded at least four goals in their last three League matches against the Whites (1 goal scored, 15 conceded).
• MCF has alternated, without exception, the winning and losing of their last ten League away games against Madrid teams (if this pattern is followed, they’ll lose at the Bernabéu).
• Salomón Rondón has scored in five out of seven BBVA League matches.

 
RMCF statistics and trivia
 

• The Chamartín outfit has defeated Málaga in their last seven League games in the Santiago Bernabéu, scoring 23 goals, conceding 6.
• Real Madrid have won their last 8 League matches against Andalucian teams, with an average 5,3 goals per match.
• Madrid scored three goals more (88) than Valencia in the 41/42 season (85) after 26 League games, and if they continue their average goal record (3,38 per match), they’ll reach 128 at the end of the season, a record in League history.
• Mourinho is entering the White’s most successful time in history, after 26 League games (70 points, assuming three points per win); only Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona beat this last season at this stage (71 points).
• If he scores against Málaga, Cristiano Ronaldo will match his run of scoring in consecutive League games (six).
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals against Málaga than in any League match (ten goals in five games).