Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Tenerife 1st with 76 points, Racing Ferrol 12th with 49, 27 apart. Tenerife had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Tenerife were scoring 1.63 and conceding 0.63, Racing Ferrol 1.08 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Tenerife's unbeaten run stood at 9. Tenerife had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Racing Ferrol, 4.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Tenerife wins, 1 for Racing Ferrol, 3 draws, at 1.67 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Only 17% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz (capacity 22,824). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Racing Ferrol: Álex Zalaya (87')
Key stats
Possession: Tenerife 53% · Racing Ferrol 47% · Total shots: 13-8 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 7-3