The match held this Sunday at the Chapín Municipal Stadium and between Xerez Deportivo and Mérida ended with a draw between both contenders. Xerez Deportivo entered the match wanting to overcome their league points after suffering a 2-0 loss in the previous match against Villanovense. For their part, Mérida AD won their last two games of the competition against Ceuta away from home and Panadería Pulido at home, by 0-1 and 2-1 respectively, and had accumulated three wins in a row in the competition. After the score, the local team was in thirteenth position, while Mérida was in eighth place at the end of the match.
During the first half there were no goals by any of the players of each team, so the result remained 0-0 during the first 45 minutes.
In the second half the goal came for the local team, who took advantage of the play to open the scoring with a goal from Jacobo in the 79th minute. The Merida team equalized through a goal from Higor shortly before the end, specifically in the 90th , thus ending the confrontation with a score of 1-1 on the scoreboard.
In the chapter of changes, José Herrera’s Xerez Deportivo relieved Javilillo, Jacobo, Castillo, Jesús and Baeza for David Grande, Marc Fraile, Bello, Poley and Duran, while Mérida coach Javier Álvarez de los Mozos, He ordered the entry of Higor, Guille Perero, Álvaro Ramón and Emilio Cubo to replace Goma, Aitor Pons, Héctor Camps and Bonaque.
During the 90 minutes of the match, a total of eight cards were seen. Xerez Deportivo had to face the suspension of Bello, Poley and Jacobo with a yellow card and the expulsion of Rivelott with a red card, while the visitors suffered the suspension of Bonaque, José Artiles, Goma and Higor.
After finishing the game with this tie, Mérida AD was in eighth place in the table with 30 points. For its part, Xerez Deportivo with this point achieved, reached thirteenth place with 25 points, occupying a place for possible participation in the next phase of the championship, after the match.
On the next day of the Second RFEF, Xerez Deportivo will play against Las Palmas At. away, while Mérida AD will face Cádiz B at home.