Match Report
Deportivo Alavés, 4th with 71 points, sat 15 points above FC Cartagena (10th, 56). FC Cartagena ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Per game in the league, Deportivo Alavés were scoring 1.12 and conceding 0.79, FC Cartagena 1.07 and 1.14, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
Deportivo Alavés came in having won five on the spin. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Deportivo Alavés against 7/15 for FC Cartagena.
Estadio de Mendizorroza in Vitoria staged the fixture, a ground that holds 19,840. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.