Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Deportivo Alavés 4th with 71 points, Lugo 22nd with 31, 40 apart. On recent form Deportivo Alavés sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Alavés 1.12 scored and 0.79 conceded per game, Lugo 0.64 and 1.36, with the league averaging 1.01.
Lugo's winless run stood at 9. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Deportivo Alavés against 2/15 for Lugo.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Deportivo Alavés, 1 draw and 2 for Lugo, at 2 goals per meeting.
Estadio de Mendizorroza in Vitoria, capacity 19,840, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.