Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Mallorca 5th with 69 points, Gimnàstic Tarragona 20th with 36, 33 apart. Gimnàstic Tarragona's recent output outran their position: 4th on form over five rounds, 20th in the table. Per game in the league, Gimnàstic Tarragona were scoring 0.71 and conceding 1.5, Mallorca 1.26 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Mallorca, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Over the last five, Gimnàstic Tarragona had taken 4 of 15 points to Mallorca's 13.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Gimnàstic Tarragona, 1 by Mallorca, 3 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won.
Nou Estadi de Tarragona in Tarragona staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,600. Gimnàstic Tarragona led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.