Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — La Nucia 2nd with 70 points, Elche II 16th with 41, 29 apart. On recent form La Nucia sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Elche II 1.11 scored and 1.24 conceded per game, La Nucia 1.45 and 0.71, with the league averaging 1.2.
Elche II carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Defeat had not touched La Nucia in 6 games.
Estadio José Díez Iborra in Elche staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500.