Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ceuta 5th with 62 points, Linares Deportivo 17th with 39, 23 apart. Ceuta ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Per game in the league, Ceuta were scoring 1.45 and conceding 1.05, Linares Deportivo 0.87 and 1.34, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Ceuta in 6 games, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Over the last five, Ceuta had taken 13 of 15 points to Linares Deportivo's 5.
Estadio Municipal Alfonso Murube in Ceuta staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. M. García Gómez officiated: 37 games logged, averaging 2.4 yellow cards each. Ceuta led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-0 full-time score.