Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Pamplona 2nd with 74 points, Cortes 9th with 44, 30 apart. Cortes had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Cortes 1.09 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Pamplona 1.91 and 0.82, with the league averaging 1.37.
A win had eluded Cortes for 5 matches. Momentum sat with Pamplona, winners of their last four, having scored in 8 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Cortes held 2 points of 15 and Pamplona 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 4 Cortes wins, 0 for Pamplona, 3 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup.
The match was played at Estadio San Francisco Javier (capacity 1,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Pamplona: 1 goal with no recorded scorer