Match Report
The table gap was wide: 53 points between Portugalete (1st, 78 pts) and Deusto (18th, 25 pts). On recent form Portugalete sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Deusto ran at 0.73 scored and 1.39 conceded, Portugalete at 2.06 and 0.85.
Deusto arrived off three straight defeats. Portugalete came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Deusto had taken 1 of 15 points to Portugalete's 15.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Deusto have 1 win to Portugalete's 4, with 3 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
Campo de Fútbol de Etxezuri, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. J. Diaz de Sarralde Martin took charge of the match — our records show 13 games refereed with an average of 1.4 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Portugalete led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Deusto: Daiki Niwa (88') · Portugalete: Imanol Aranburu (42'), Ibai Quintana (87')