Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Real Oviedo 8th on 63, Gimnàstic Tarragona 20th on 36. Gimnàstic Tarragona ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 20th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Real Oviedo 1.14 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Gimnàstic Tarragona 0.71 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.09.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Real Oviedo have 4 wins to Gimnàstic Tarragona's 1, with 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting.
V. Pizarro Gómez took charge of the match — our records show 43 games refereed with an average of 1.1 yellow cards per game. Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere in Oviedo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.