Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Puertollano (11th, 50 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Sporting Villanueva (19th, 17 pts). Puertollano ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Puertollano ran at 1.22 scored and 1.3 conceded, Sporting Villanueva at 0.42 and 1.11.
Six consecutive defeats weighed on Sporting Villanueva. Over the last five, Puertollano had taken 8 of 15 points to Sporting Villanueva's 0.
The venue was Estadio Francisco Sánchez Menor, with room for 8,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.


