Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Gernika 1st with 43 points, Balmaseda 7th with 26, 17 apart. On recent form Balmaseda sat only 33rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Balmaseda 1.17 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Gernika 1.95 and 0.8, with the league averaging 1.18.
Gernika entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Balmaseda held 7 points of 15 and Gernika 15.
On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.