Match Report
In the standings it was Puertollano 11th on 50 points, Villanovense 9th on 58 — separated by 8. The last five rounds placed Villanovense 3rd in the league for form — higher than their 9th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Puertollano ran at 1.22 scored and 1.3 conceded, Villanovense at 1.39 and 1.37.
Puertollano had gone 11 games without a win. Villanovense entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Puertollano against 15/15 for Villanovense.
The match was played at Estadio Francisco Sánchez Menor in Estadio Francisco Sánchez Menor (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.