Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Albacete (6th, 67 pts) and Ponferradina (20th, 44 pts). Ponferradina had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, Ponferradina ran at 0.95 scored and 1.26 conceded, Albacete at 1.38 and 1.12.
Albacete carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Ponferradina against 11/15 for Albacete.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Ponferradina have 6 wins to Albacete's 2, with 3 draws, at 2.09 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 36% of meetings won.
Estadio El Toralín in Ponferrada, capacity 8,800, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Albacete led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.