Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Real Valladolid (5th, 67 pts) held a 15-point advantage over Gimnàstic Tarragona (15th, 52 pts). Gimnàstic Tarragona ranked 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Gimnàstic Tarragona 1.05 scored and 1.19 conceded per game, Real Valladolid 1.64 and 1.31, with the league averaging 1.15.
Real Valladolid carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
10 meetings are on record — 3 won by Gimnàstic Tarragona, 5 by Real Valladolid, 2 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Nou Estadi de Tarragona in Tarragona, capacity 14,600, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.