Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Xerez 1st on 67, Sevilla III 16th on 35. Recent form told a different story for Xerez: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Per game in the league, Sevilla III were scoring 0.82 and conceding 1.03, Xerez 1.56 and 0.62, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
Sevilla III had gone 12 games without a win. Xerez came in having won four on the spin, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Sevilla III had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Xerez, 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Sevilla III win, 2 for Xerez, 1 draw, at 2.25 goals per meeting.
The venue was Estadio Viejo Nervión in Sevilla, with room for 5,100 spectators. On the scoreboard, Xerez led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.