Match Report
44 points for Ponferradina (20th), 45 for Málaga (19th): a 1-point gap. Ponferradina ranked 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 20th table position. Per game in the league, Ponferradina were scoring 0.95 and conceding 1.26, Málaga 0.86 and 1, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
Ponferradina's winless run stood at 6. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Ponferradina, 10/15 for Málaga.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Ponferradina wins, 2 for Málaga, 2 draws, at 1.57 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 14% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estadio El Toralín in Ponferrada, capacity 8,800, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.