Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Extremadura UD (2nd, 31 pts) and Socuéllamos (9th, 16 pts). Socuéllamos's recent output lagged their position: 17th on form over five rounds while 9th in the table. Per game in the league, Socuéllamos were scoring 0.72 and conceding 1.39, Extremadura UD 1.33 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.04 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Socuéllamos. Extremadura UD were unbeaten in 6, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Socuéllamos had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Extremadura UD, 9.
The match was played at Estadio Paquito Jiménez in Socuéllamos (capacity 2,500). With 46 matches recorded and 2.7 yellow cards per game, J. Sánchez Villalobos was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.