Sevilla FC B, Puente Genil draw 1‑1 after early red card
SEVILLE (Interstat) — Sevilla FC B and Puente Genil played to a 1-1 draw in their competition match on Sunday, with both goals arriving in the first half and Puente Genil finishing with 10 players after a red card early in the second half. Puente Genil took the lead in the 33rd minute when Alan Araiza scored. Sevilla FC B answered in the 39th minute through Marc Scuri. Araiza and Scuri each played 90 minutes and scored once, with Araiza’s goal opening the scoring and Scuri’s goal pulling the home side level before halftime. The visitors held the early advantage, but the home side responded before the break.
The match turned on discipline after halftime. Puente Genil’s Pepelu was sent off in the 46th minute, leaving the visitors a player short for the rest of the game. Sevilla FC B’s Martinez S. was booked in the 60th minute. Neither side found a winning goal after Scuri’s equalizer, and the teams settled for a share of the points. Sevilla FC B could not turn its numerical advantage into a second goal. Puente Genil defended in numbers and held on through the closing stages. The final whistle confirmed a draw in which each team scored once.
The draw shaped the records for both clubs. Puente Genil’s season record in this competition is now 2 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws. Sevilla FC B’s season record in this competition is now 1 win, 1 loss and 3 draws. Puente Genil’s season record across all competitions is also 2 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws. Sevilla FC B’s season record across all competitions is 1 win, 1 loss and 3 draws. The result leaves both sides with the same competition and overall records after the draw.
Puente Genil entered the match after a scoreless draw with CD Badajoz and before that had beaten Las Palmas B 2-1 and Tamaraceite 1-0, lost to Ciudad de Lucena 1-0 and drawn with Marbella 0-0. Sevilla FC B came in after a 2-0 win over Tenerife B, a 3-3 draw at Antoniano, a 1-3 loss at Mijas Las Lagunas and a 2-2 draw with CD Badajoz. Puente Genil had played five previous competition matches this season. Sevilla FC B had played four previous competition matches this season.
Sevilla FC B was the home team and Puente Genil was the visiting team. The match produced one goal for each side, with Puente Genil scoring first and Sevilla FC B equalizing six minutes later. The red card to Pepelu came at the start of the second half and left Puente Genil to manage the remainder of the match with 10 players. Martinez S. received the only yellow card of the game in the 60th minute. No further goals followed, and the teams ended level.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Sevilla FC B 1, Puente Genil 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Sevilla FC B with a 64 percent probability to win. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 2.5.