Match Report
24 points separated the sides: Rayo Vallecano 1st on 76, Gimnàstic Tarragona 15th on 52. The last five rounds placed Gimnàstic Tarragona 5th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Per game in the league, Gimnàstic Tarragona were scoring 1.05 and conceding 1.19, Rayo Vallecano 1.6 and 1.14, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Gimnàstic Tarragona have 2 wins to Rayo Vallecano's 3, with 3 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 13% of meetings won. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The match was played at Nou Estadi de Tarragona in Tarragona (capacity 14,600). On the scoreboard, Gimnàstic Tarragona led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.