Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto play a five-point match

   This Saturday from 18:30 at the Ovni, Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto want to take a major step towards survival with a victory over Ángel Ximénez de Puente Genil, their most direct rival at this stage of the league. Fertiberia are third from bottom of the table with ten points, level with Teucro, while the Andalusian team are second from bottom with nine. Winning would mean taking the two points, leaving the Cordobans empty-handed, and there would still be a third prize at stake: the goal average, as a four-goal victory would swing it in the Valencians’ favour. Despite the points trajectories, the match pits two teams against each other who have the worst records in the respective circumstance in which they meet. The Cordobans are the league’s worst away side, having failed to pick up a point in any away match, while the Valencians are the worst home side, having won only two matches, the last in September when they beat Benidorm at the Ovni. Which of the two will improve their performances is one of the questions to be answered, as both sides’ positive feelings come precisely from winning away: Fertiberia won in Cuenca, while Puente Genil’s confidence comes from drawing at home against Granollers, where things usually go well for them. Coach Nikola Milos returns to the Puerto de Sagunto court with the aim of restoring the focus of a squad capable of avoiding difficulties, but which has not shown its best version in the first half of the season. The Croatian coach will be unsure about winger Toni Alegre, who is suffering from an ankle sprain, while goalkeeper Ibrahim Moral and Seuf Sayad return to the squad for this relegation battle. The Pontanians also arrive with a different manager—Cabanas replaced Barbeito—and with Rudovic brought in as a goalscorer. Last week, he made people forget Chispi for the first time, an absence that had affected AX Puente Genil enormously. A gala match awaits at an Ovni that will be packed for such an important occasion.

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