Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Portugalete (2nd, 70 pts) held a 44-point advantage over Tolosa (20th, 26 pts). On recent form Portugalete sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Tolosa 1.13 scored and 2.29 conceded per game, Portugalete 1.58 and 0.87, with the league averaging 1.26.
Tolosa had been beaten in three straight games.
The match was played at Estadio de Berazubi in Tolosa (capacity 3,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Portugalete led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.