Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Real Valladolid 5th with 67, Numancia 6th with 65. Recent form told a different story for Numancia: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. In league terms the two rates read 1.64/1.31 for Real Valladolid and 1.24/0.98 for Numancia (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.15.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Real Valladolid, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 6 Real Valladolid wins, 4 for Numancia, 4 draws, at 4.07 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. 79% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 71%. The recent editions have closed up — 2.8 goals per game over the last five against 4.07 all-time.
Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla in Valladolid staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,618. The referee was G. Cuadra Fernández, with 97 matches in our database and 2.3 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.