Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cultural Leonesa 2nd with 31 points, Sporting Gijon II 9th with 16, 15 apart. Sporting Gijon II ranked just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Cultural Leonesa were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.83, Sporting Gijon II 0.89 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Cultural Leonesa had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Sporting Gijon II, 4.
Estadio Municipal Reino de León staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,346. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Cultural Leonesa: Dioni (59') · Sporting Gijon II: Álex Zalaya (69')
Key stats
Possession: Cultural Leonesa 58% · Sporting Gijon II 42% · Total shots: 12-7 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 9-6