Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Vélez (1st, 49 pts) held a 15-point advantage over Alhaurino (2nd, 34 pts). Alhaurino ranked just 35th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Alhaurino were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.1, Vélez 1.67 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Alhaurino — four in succession. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Alhaurino against 10/15 for Vélez.
On the scoreboard, Alhaurino led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-3.