Played
December 22, 2012 2:00 PM EST
Estadio La Rosaleda — Málaga
Referee: Alejandro Hernández
Attendance: 28004
December 22, 2012 2:00 PM EST
Estadio La Rosaleda — Málaga
Referee: Alejandro Hernández
Attendance: 28004
La Liga Preview: Malaga - Real Madrid
Manuel Pellegrini's side can move within two points of the struggling Castilian giants in the Primera Division standings with victory at La Rosaleda on Saturday.
| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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MALAGA  Caballero Gamez, Demichelis, Onyewu, Monreal Iturra, Camacho Joaquin, Isco, Eliseu Santa Cruz |
REAL MADRID  Casillas Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao Khedira, Alonso Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo Benzema |
Malaga will be without captain Weligton against Real Madrid, after the defender picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the 2-0 win over Sevilla.
Oguchi Onyewu is likely to deputise for Weligton at the back, while Julio Baptista and Jeremy Toulalan are also sidelined.
Real Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao picked up a muscle problem in the 2-2 draw with Espanyol and is a minor doubt. Raphael Varane, Raul Albiol and Gonzalo Higuain remain absent, but Karim Benzema (ankle) is available.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Malaga has won just three of its last 12 matches in all competitions (W3, D5, L4).
- The Andalusians have lost their last five encounters with Real Madrid across all competitions.
- Malaga has been drawn with Porto in the Champions League round of 16.
- Real Madrid has won just two of its last five away matches in all competitions.
- Los Merengues will face English giants Manchester United in the Champions League round of 16 on Feb. 13 and March 5.
- Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured, right) has scored four goals in his last five outings for Real in all competitions.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Malaga 1-3 Real Madrid
- 13.02 %
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Malaga 2-1 Real Madrid
- 9.38 %
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Malaga 1-2 Real Madrid
- 7.71 %
| La Liga (LIGA) | May 8, 2013 | Real Madrid 6 - Malaga 2 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Dec 22, 2012 | Malaga 3 - Real Madrid 2 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Mar 18, 2012 | Real Madrid 1 - Malaga 1 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | Jan 10, 2012 | Malaga 0 - Real Madrid 1 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | Jan 3, 2012 | Real Madrid 3 - Malaga 2 |
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| May 12, 2013 | Malaga 0 - Sevilla 0 | LIGA |
| May 8, 2013 | Real Madrid 6 - Malaga 2 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Ciudad de Murcia 1 - Malaga 0 | LIGA |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Malaga 2 - Getafe 1 | LIGA |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Valencia 5 - Malaga 1 | LIGA |
Real Madrid
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| May 17, 2013 | Real Madrid 1 - Atletico Madrid 2 | ESPC |
| May 11, 2013 | Espanyol 1 - Real Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| May 8, 2013 | Real Madrid 6 - Malaga 2 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Real Madrid 4 - Valladolid 3 | LIGA |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Real Madrid 2 - Borussia Dortmund 0 | UCL |
| 13 | Willy Caballero | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Jesús Gámez | Defender |
| 5 | Martín Demichelis | Defender |
| 17 | Monreal | Defender |
| 21 | Sergio Sánchez | Defender |
| 6 | Camacho | Midfielder |
| 7 | Joaquín | Midfielder |
| 18 | Eliseu | Midfielder |
| 27 | Portillo | Midfielder |
| 22 | Isco | Midfielder |
| - | Javier Saviola | Striker |
| 1 | Carlos Kameni | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Oguchi Onyewu | Defender |
| 16 | Manuel Iturra | Midfielder |
| 17 | Duda | Midfielder |
| - | Diego Buonanotte | Midfielder |
| 11 | Sebastián Fernández Miglierina | Striker |
| 9 | Roque Santa Cruz | Striker |
| 13 | Adán | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Pepe | Defender |
| 4 | Sergio Ramos | Defender |
| 17 | Arbeloa | Defender |
| 6 | Sami Khedira | Midfielder |
| 14 | Xabi Alonso | Midfielder |
| 5 | Michael Essien | Midfielder |
| 22 | Ángel Di María | Midfielder |
| 10 | Mesut Özil | Midfielder |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Striker |
| 9 | Karim Benzema | Striker |
| 1 | Iker Casillas | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Ricardo Carvalho | Defender |
| 27 | Nacho | Defender |
| 8 | Kaká | Midfielder |
| 16 | Luka Modric | Midfielder |
| 21 | Callejón | Striker |
| 26 | Morata | Striker |
Results
Times In EST
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lionel Messi Striker Barcelona |
46 | 4 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
34 | 6 |
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Radamel Falcao Striker Atlético de Madrid |
28 | 8 |
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Roberto Soldado Striker Valencia |
21 | 5 |
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Negredo Striker Sevilla |
20 | 3 |
