Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Linares Deportivo 9th with 48 points, Don Benito 17th with 26, 22 apart. Don Benito ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Don Benito 0.88 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Linares Deportivo 1.06 and 1, with the league averaging 1.03.
Don Benito arrived off three straight defeats. Defeat had not touched Linares Deportivo in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Don Benito held 1 points of 15 and Linares Deportivo 11.
Estadio Vicente Sanz in Don Benito staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.