Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Rapitenca (7th, 52 pts) and Balaguer (20th, 24 pts). Rapitenca's recent output lagged their position: 17th on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Rapitenca were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.03, Balaguer 0.92 and 2.03, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Balaguer — six in succession. The last-five ledger: Rapitenca 8/15, Balaguer 0/15.
Estadio La Devesa in Bembibre staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000.


