Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Numancia (2nd, 67 pts) held a 43-point advantage over Laredo (18th, 24 pts). Recent form flatters Laredo's table spot — 13th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 18th. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Numancia ran at 1.62 scored and 0.71 conceded, Laredo at 0.74 and 1.76.
Defeat had followed defeat for Laredo — three in succession. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for Numancia against 2/15 for Laredo.
Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos, capacity 9,025, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.