Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Xerez Deportivo (3rd, 64 pts) and Córdoba II (12th, 37 pts). Córdoba II had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Córdoba II 1.09 scored and 1.26 conceded per game, Xerez Deportivo 1.47 and 0.68, with the league averaging 1.18.
Córdoba II's last four games had all finished level. Xerez Deportivo arrived on a run of three straight wins. The last-five ledger: Córdoba II 4/15, Xerez Deportivo 13/15.
The venue was Estadio Nuevo Arcángel in Cordoba, with room for 21,822 spectators. On the scoreboard, Xerez Deportivo led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.