Match Report
Linares Deportivo, 17th on 39 points, faced a 43-point deficit to Castellón (1st, 82). On the form table Linares Deportivo stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 17th overall. Per game in the league, Linares Deportivo were scoring 0.87 and conceding 1.34, Castellón 1.95 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Linares Deportivo had not won in 5 games. Castellón came in having won four on the spin. Linares Deportivo had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Castellón, 12.
With 45 matches recorded and 3.0 yellow cards per game, R. Ruipérez Marín was the man in the middle. Estadio Municipal de Linarejos in Linares staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.