Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Girona 3rd with 81 points, Almería 19th with 21, 60 apart. Almería ranked 12th in the league on five-round form, well above their 19th table position. Per game in the league, Almería were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.97, Girona 2.24 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Almería had gone 9 games without a win. Girona were unbeaten in 14, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Almería had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Girona, 13.
Across 23 recorded meetings, Almería have 10 wins to Girona's 7, with 6 draws, at 2.57 goals per meeting. 4.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.57.
Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in Almeria, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.