Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Eldense 1st with 41 points, Hércules II 8th with 18, 23 apart. On recent form Eldense sat only 23rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.1 goals per team per game, Eldense ran at 1.67 scored and 0.61 conceded, Hércules II at 0.72 and 0.94.
Momentum sat with Eldense, winners of their last three. Hércules II's winless run stood at 5. From the last five rounds, Eldense held 13 points of 15 and Hércules II 1.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat in Elda (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.