Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Portugalete 1st on 56, Balmaseda 10th on 38. Balmaseda had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 10th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.71/0.79 for Portugalete and 1.04/0.96 for Balmaseda (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1.
The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Portugalete against 5/15 for Balmaseda.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by Portugalete, 1 by Balmaseda, 0 drawn, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
Estadio La Florida in Portugalete, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Balmaseda led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.