Match Report
Villarreal II went into the game 3rd in the table on 28 points; Peña Deportiva sat 7th on 21 — a 7-point gap. Villarreal II's recent output lagged their position: 7th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.04 goals per team per game, Villarreal II ran at 1.17 scored and 0.83 conceded, Peña Deportiva at 0.56 and 0.72.
J. Díaz Escudero took charge of the match — our records show 40 games refereed with an average of 3.5 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Ciudad Deportiva del Villarreal in Villarreal (capacity 5,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.