Huesca is fighting for survival with calculators in hand. With four matchdays remaining, the team from Huesca depends not only on points but also on a goal-average tiebreaker that could prove decisive in several deadlocks with direct rivals. With a -20 overall goal difference, Oltra’s squad must fine-tune both results and scorelines. Huesca has lost the head-to-head against Valladolid but won it against Cultural Leonesa, yet several fronts remain open. Against Leganés (1-1 in the first leg) and Real Sociedad B (2-0 in the first leg), they will directly decide tiebreakers in upcoming matches. Additionally, with Cádiz, Mirandés, and Real Zaragoza, the head-to-head is tied, so goal difference comes into play: they trail Cádiz (-19) and Zaragoza (-18) but lead Mirandés (-22).
That scenario turns every goal into gold. The club is well aware that they must not only collect points but also avoid heavy defeats and, if possible, improve their scoring balance. The overall goal average can tip the scales in a relegation battle that remains tight until the end.
The first test comes immediately against Real Sociedad B, a match Huesca is already preparing as a final. The club has called on the fans and expects El Alcoraz to generate an atmosphere similar to that of the Aragón derby, while the team will also be closely watching results like Cádiz’s in hopes of climbing out of the relegation zone in the next round.
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The schedule offers no respite: after the Donostiarra reserve team come Leganés, Castellón—still in the playoff race—and Córdoba, who might arrive without objectives on the final day. Four matches, multiple scenarios, and one certainty: Huesca faces its last chance with goal average as either ally or condemnation. The blue-and-garnet side has been in the relegation zone since their defeat to Valladolid at Zorrilla on February 28. Since then, Oltra’s team has been in a race against time, at one point trailing safety by six points, a gap they have gradually closed as the weeks have passed to keep their hopes alive in this final stretch.