Spain's Ángel Hidalgo shot his third successive sub-par score to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Copa de Andalucía in Malaga.

Playing on his home course, Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, the home hero added a one-under 71 to rounds of 69 and 70 to lead by a stroke on six-under-par 210 from compatriot Eugenio López-Chacarra (72 67 72).

Their nearest rival is first-round leader Victor Pastor (66 75 75), who is on level par, while Naas' Jonathan Yates leads the Irish challenge, eight shots off the lead on two-over 218 after a third round 76.

The cut for the top 50 and ties fell at 14-over-par 230 with five of the nine-strong Irish contingent qualifying for Friday's final round.

Copa Analucía, Real Club de Golf de Guadalmina, Malaga (Par 72)

Detailed scores

1 ANGEL HIDALGO PORTILLO -3.5 69 70 71 210 -6
2 EUGENIO LOPEZ-CHACARRA COTO -3.4 72 67 72 211 -5
3 VICTOR PASTOR RUFIAN -3.5 66 75 75 216 PAR
4 GIOVANNI TADIOTTO -4.7 76 70 71 217 +1
5 PABLO RODRIGUEZ-TABERNERO TORRES -2.3 74 72 72 218 +2
6 ASIER AGUIRRE IZCUE -2.1 74 71 73 218 +2
7 ALVARO VEIGA PEÑA -2.1 72 71 75 218 +2

8 JONATHAN YATES -3.2 71 71 76 218 +2

9 CASPER SIMBERG -2.3 73 76 71 220 +4
10 EDUARD ROUSAUD SABATE -1.8 72 73 75 220 +4
11 ALEJANDRO AGUILERA MARTIN -2.6 73 73 74 220 +4

21 PAUL COUGHLAN -4.2 71 80 72 223 +7
35 JOHN BRADY -2.2 76 75 76 227 +11
36 ROB BRAZILL -1.9 74 78 75 227 +11
53 LUKE DONNELLY -2.2 71 80 79 230 +14

CUT

65 JACK MADDEN -1.3 76 80 78 234 +18
67 CHARLIE DENVIR -1.8 72 80 82 234 +18
68 REECE BLACK -1.7 77 77 81 235 +19
80 ANTHONY MCDAID -1.2 82 79 81 242 +26