Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Utrera (2nd, 67 pts) held a 31-point advantage over Rota (10th, 36 pts). On recent form Utrera sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Rota ran at 0.97 scored and 1.41 conceded, Utrera at 1.78 and 0.81.
Rota arrived off four straight defeats. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Rota against 12/15 for Utrera.
The venue was Estadio Municipal Alcalde Navarro Flores in Rota, with room for 5,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.