Match Report
Almería, 1st with 81 points, sat 31 points above Lugo (16th, 50). Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Almería ran at 1.62 scored and 0.83 conceded, Lugo at 1.1 and 1.24.
The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Almería against 6/15 for Lugo.
15 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Almería 6, draws 4, Lugo 5, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host.
The match was played at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos in Almeria (capacity 15,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-3.