Málaga CF vs Real Racing Club LALIGA EA SPORTS preview, Digi Mart USA News (Málaga, Spain): Málaga CF welcomes Real Racing Club to La Rosaleda for Matchweek 12 of LALIGA EA SPORTS. The match is scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
local time.
Málaga, 20th in the standings with 5 points, faces a Santander side that sits 16th with 11 points, one point above the relegation places. Refereeing the match is Isidro Díaz de Mera from Castilla-La Mancha, with Guillermo Cuadra from Madrid assisting on VAR.
Several players and coaches have historical links to both clubs. Andreu and Marc Torrejón, Málaga B players, previously played for Racing, and Paulino, a Málaga CF player in the 2021/22 season, came through Racing’s youth system.
Gregorio Manzano, Marcos Alonso, Juan Ramón Muñiz and José Alberto López have coached both teams.
Goalkeeper Alfonso Herrero is the only Málaga player to have played every minute (990) of the league campaign so far. He ranks second in saves with 40, seven behind league leader Álvaro Valles of Real Betis, who has 47.
Niño leads Málaga’s scoring with 5 goals, four of them in the last four league matchdays. Zabiri leads the visitors with 8 goals.
David Larrubia has completed 26 successful dribbles, the fifth-best total in LALIGA EA SPORTS, and is one yellow card away from a suspension following four bookings.
At home, Málaga has played five matches, winning none, drawing three and losing two, with five goals scored and ten conceded. Racing, away in the league, has lost all five of its matches, scoring four goals and conceding eighteen.
Málaga and Racing have met ten times in the top flight at La Rosaleda, with Málaga winning six, drawing two and losing two, scoring 18 goals to Racing’s nine. The most recent top-flight meeting at La Rosaleda was a 3-0 Málaga win in the 2011/12 season, with goals from Isco, Cazorla and van Nistelrooy.
