Match Report
50 points for Numancia (20th), 53 for Real Oviedo (15th): a 3-point gap. Numancia had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.07/1.26 for Numancia and 1.17/1.26 for Real Oviedo (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.14.
Defeat had followed defeat for Numancia — seven in succession. Real Oviedo were unbeaten in 6. The last-five ledger: Numancia 0/15, Real Oviedo 9/15.
10 meetings are on record — 3 won by Numancia, 4 by Real Oviedo, 3 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting.
The venue was Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos in Soria, with room for 9,025 spectators. Numancia led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.