Match Report
8 points and 5 places separated them: Extremadura UD 2nd with 31, Melilla 7th with 23. Melilla's recent output lagged their position: 11th on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Extremadura UD were scoring 1.33 and conceding 0.89, Melilla 0.83 and 1.06, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
Extremadura UD were unbeaten in 5, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Melilla had not lost in 5 games.
The venue was Estadio Francisco de la Hera in Almendralejo, with room for 11,580 spectators. The referee was J. Peña Varela, with 27 matches in our database and 0.5 yellows per game on average. Extremadura UD led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.