Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Almería II (5th, 53 pts) and Melilla CD (18th, 23 pts). Melilla CD's recent output outran their position: 14th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Per game in the league, Melilla CD were scoring 0.72 and conceding 2.21, Almería II 2.07 and 0.97, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Melilla CD. Melilla CD had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Almería II, 10.
The match was played at Estadio La Espiguera in Melilla (capacity 1,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Almería II led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-4.