Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Almería 1st with 81 points, Alcorcón 22nd with 29, 52 apart. Alcorcón's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 22nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Almería ran at 1.62 scored and 0.83 conceded, Alcorcón at 0.88 and 1.69.
Almería came in having won four on the spin, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Almería held 13 points of 15 and Alcorcón 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 18 games: 6 Almería wins, 3 for Alcorcón, 9 draws, at 1.61 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 22% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 28% saw more than two goals.
Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in Almeria, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.