Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Linares Deportivo 2nd with 87 points, Martos 18th with 44, 43 apart. The last five rounds placed Linares Deportivo no better than 17th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.45 goals per team per game, Linares Deportivo ran at 1.88 scored and 0.76 conceded, Martos at 0.98 and 1.67.
Linares Deportivo came in having won ten on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Defeat had followed defeat for Martos — four in succession. From the last five rounds, Linares Deportivo held 15 points of 15 and Martos 3.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal de Linarejos in Linares (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.