Málaga CF go host Real Sporting de Gijón for La Rosaleda Stadium on matchday 39 of LALIGA HYPERMOTION. Di match against di Asturians go take place on Saturday at 21:00.
Di Blue and Whites, wey dey 6th with 63 points for playoff promotion spot, go host di Red and Whites wey dey 12th place with 52 points. Rafael Sánchez go referee #MálagaRealSporting. He go get help for VAR room from Óliver De la Fuente from Valladolid.
Players in common for both teams include Emilio, Rafa, Cañizares, Ismael, Lekovic, Popovic, Rodrigão, Cristian Díaz, Calandria, Diego Castro, Pina, Molinero, Xavi Torres, Duje Cop, Michael Santos, Jony, Luis Hernández, Scepovic, Dani Martín, Peybernes, Fran Villalba, Yáñez and Dotor. Former Malaguista goalkeeper Dani Barrio come through Real Sporting youth ranks, just like Gerardo and Peláez, Asturian midfielders wey play as reserve team players during di Blue and Whites’ last promotion to di top flight for di 2007/08 season. Ex Malaguistas Saúl and Gascón play for Real Sporting ‘B’. Iván Hernández and Andreu, former players of Málaga CF ‘B’, also play for Sporting. Omar, a former defender for Atlético Malagueño, train for di Mareo academy.
Coaches in common include José Manuel Díaz Novoa and José Alberto López. Former Malaguista coach Juan Ramón Muñiz be player for Real Sporting between 1990 and 1996. Players in common for CD Málaga-Real Sporting include Camilo Liz, Bachiller, Gundemaro, García, Comas, Cesáreo López, Vera, Beascoechea, Pellicer and Megido. Coaches in common for CD Málaga-Real Sporting: none.
Players wey debut with Málaga CF against Real Sporting at La Rosaleda include Sánchez Broto (Málaga CF 1-1 Real Sporting, 13/09/1998), Febas (Málaga CF 2-2 Real Sporting, 09/01/2022), and Vadillo (Málaga CF 2-2 Real Sporting, 09/01/2022).
Alfonso Herrero be di only Málaga CF player wey don play all 3,420 minutes of di league season. Di Toledo-born keeper rank second for di competition for total saves (125), only behind Andrés Fernández, goalkeeper of UD Almería, wey don make 132 saves so far. Chupe be di top Malaguista scorer with 19 goals and di third-highest scorer for LALIGA HYPERMOTION, behind Andrés from Racing de Santander (20 goals) and di league’s top scorer, Sergio Arribas of UD Almería (24 goals). Dubasin, with 15 goals, be di visiting side’s top scorer. Larrubia lead di league’s dribbling statistics by wide margin. Di number 10 don successfully complete 98 dribbles, topping di category ahead of Carracedo from Córdoba CF (83) and Yeremay from Deportivo de La Coruña (80). Braces from Niño and Joaquín: di forward from Rota score twice last week for Eibar, reaching 11 league goals; di winger from Miraflores provide two assists for two of di four Malaguista goals at Ipurua and be di team’s top assist provider (6) for di league for Málaga. Diego Murillo, David Larrubia, and Joaquín Muñoz be di Malaguistas one yellow card away from suspension after accumulating four bookings for their current cycle.
Málaga CF, playing at home, don record 11 wins, 6 draws, and 2 defeats for 19 matches (39 points), scoring 39 goals and conceding 22. Real Sporting, for 18 away matches, don record 5 wins, 1 draw, and 12 defeats (16 points), scoring 19 goals and conceding 28.
Dis go be di 10th time wey Málaga CF and Real Sporting de Gijón meet at La Rosaleda for di Second Division. For di previous nine meetings, Málaga don record three wins (3-2 for 2007/08, 1-0 for 2020/21, and 2-1 for 2024/25, di latter featuring Chupe’s first brace for di first team) and six draws. Meanwhile, Málaga CF and Real Sporting meet six times at Martiricos for di First Division between 2009 and 2016. Di Blue and Whites record one draw and five wins. Di most significant be a 1-0 victory (with goal from Salomón Rondón) on di final matchday of di 2011/12 season, wey secure di club’s best-ever league finish (4th place) and qualification for di UEFA Champions League qualifying round.
CD Málaga play 16 official home matches against di team from Gijón. Twelve of those be for di top flights, with 7 wins for di Blue and Whites, 3 draws, and 2 away wins. Dem also meet twice for di Second Division, with one win each; once for di Copa del Generalísimo, where CD Málaga win 3-2 for di 1971/72 season; and once for di now-defunct Copa de la Liga, wey end for a 0-1 win for di Gijón side for 1982/83. Di last official historical match between CD Málaga and Sporting de Gijón at Martiricos take place for di First Division during di 1989/90 season. Na matchday 23, and di home side win 1-0 thanks to goal from Antonio Mata for di 86th minute. Across di nine seasons dem don play for di second tier, Málaga CF don record four wins, one draw, and four defeats on matchday 39.
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