Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Real Oviedo 8th with 59 points, Lugo 22nd with 31, 28 apart. Real Oviedo had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.81/0.83 for Real Oviedo and 0.64/1.36 for Lugo (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.01.
Lugo had gone 14 games without a win.
16 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Real Oviedo 5, draws 9, Lugo 2, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 69% of the meetings.
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 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.