Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Real Murcia 2nd with 72 points, Real Valladolid II 10th with 52, 20 apart. On recent form Real Valladolid II sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Per game in the league, Real Murcia were scoring 1.24 and conceding 0.68, Real Valladolid II 1.42 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Estadio Nueva Condomina in Murcia (capacity 6,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.