Match Report
Deportivo La Coruña went into the game 1st in the table on 78 points; Ponferradina sat 5th on 64 — a 14-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Ponferradina: only 10th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Deportivo La Coruña were scoring 1.68 and conceding 0.71, Ponferradina 1 and 0.68, against a competition average of 1.07 goals per team per game.
Ponferradina were unbeaten in 5. Deportivo La Coruña had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Ponferradina, 13.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Deportivo La Coruña 2, draws 1, Ponferradina 2, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Estadio Municipal de Riazor in La Coruña, capacity 34,611, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Deportivo La Coruña led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.