Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Real Valladolid II (4th, 47 pts) held a 15-point advantage over Barakaldo (14th, 32 pts). Recent form flatters Barakaldo's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 14th. Scoring rates set the scale: Barakaldo 1.18 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Real Valladolid II 1.54 and 1, with the league averaging 1.26.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Barakaldo. Real Valladolid II carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Barakaldo 0/15, Real Valladolid II 7/15.
The match was played at Estadio Nuevo Lasesarre in Barakaldo (capacity 7,960). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Barakaldo led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.