Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Villarreal 7th with 58 points, Huesca 18th with 34, 24 apart. Huesca's recent output outran their position: 8th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Huesca 0.89 scored and 1.39 conceded per game, Villarreal 1.58 and 1.16, with the league averaging 1.25.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Huesca. Villarreal had not lost in 5 games. From the last five rounds, Huesca held 0 points of 15 and Villarreal 13.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Huesca 1, draws 4, Villarreal 2, at 2.57 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 29% of meetings won. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 29% of meetings.
Estadio El Alcoraz in Huesca staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,500. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.