Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Linares Deportivo (2nd, 87 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Alhaurino (15th, 54 pts). On recent form Linares Deportivo sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.45 goals per team per game, Linares Deportivo ran at 1.88 scored and 0.76 conceded, Alhaurino at 1.62 and 1.57.
Linares Deportivo arrived on a run of nine straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Over the last five, Linares Deportivo had taken 15 of 15 points to Alhaurino's 6.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal de Linarejos in Linares (capacity 10,000).