With a solid start in hand, the team climbs over the first hurdle on a high note to begin the season cleanly.
After an encouraging start to the campaign, Cartagena (0-1) secured a victory in their opening home match. At Eibar (2-1), the Blaugranas have gone six games without a win, collecting only two points from those fixtures, including several draws. Espanyol (3-3), Alcorcón (2-2), and a 2-0 win over Real Zaragoza, followed by a 2-0 win against Raising, a 3-1 loss to Oviedo, and a 0-1 setback at Real Valladolid, illustrate a shaky run for the team.
A concerning run left Fernando Estévez’s squad dragged into the relegation zone.
Yet the team found a path to recovery. Eldense supporters celebrated two crucial points in a demanding spell, with a hard-fought victory against Huesca (0-1) that pitted them against a direct rival in the fight for survival. Last Sunday they earned a 1-1 draw with Elche in the derby, a result that rekindled confidence.
Chronicle of Eldense-Elche: Derby filled with scrappy football and key mistakes
The draw lifted the side to seventeenth in the standings. The competition is tightening, and the teams battling to stay in the Second Division are gradually being sorted. Eldense sit just three points behind Amorebieta, the team that currently marks the line between safety and relegation. Three points ahead of Alcorcón, Eldense holds a slim cushion over Huesca, while Cartagena trails by seven at the bottom of the table.
It’s a season that has seen Eldense, a club returning to the second tier after 65 years, focused squarely on securing their status. Fernando Estévez’s side has accumulated 12 points from 11 games, averaging more than a point per match. If this momentum persists, the race to safety could be decided well before the final stretch.
But caution remains. The Second Division is notoriously even and unforgiving; a bad run can be punishing and difficult to reverse.
With momentum restored, Eldense now looks ahead to a relatively calm calendar as they push to sustain their league position.
In the next two rounds, they will face two newly promoted opponents who spent last season in the First RFEF.
This coming Sunday, October 22 (14:00), Eldense will visit the Malata stadium to measure Ferrol Racing. The team opened the campaign strongly and sits comfortably with 16 points.
Then on the following day, Amorebieta hosts Eldense at 14:00 in a match that could prove pivotal and help carve out a more secure distance from the relegation zone. Eldense’s coach understands that the team has stepped back into the early-season rhythm in the last two games. The two results against Huesca and Elche have brought calm and self-belief. After the derby, it was clear to the Granada coach that if they maintain this trajectory, the goal of staying up would be within reach.
Estévez: “We deserved at least a draw”
Looking back over the 42-day grind of the Second Division, the road ahead remains defined by the next two fixtures against Racing de Ferrol and Amorebieta, which will largely determine Eldense’s fate.
Several weeks remain, but the focus remains sharp as Eldense aims to cement their position in the league and avoid slipping into danger.