Match Report
The table gap was wide: 22 points between Real Oviedo (4th, 75 pts) and Castellón (15th, 53 pts). Castellón's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 15th in the table. Per game in the league, Real Oviedo were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1, Castellón 1.55 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Castellón had been beaten in four straight games. Over the last five, Real Oviedo had taken 10 of 15 points to Castellón's 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Real Oviedo win, 2 for Castellón, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings.
The venue was Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere in Oviedo, with room for 5,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Real Oviedo: Alexandre Zurawski (90')