Match Report
8 points and 4 places separated them: Real Valladolid 2nd with 72, Real Oviedo 6th with 64. Real Valladolid had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Real Valladolid 1.21 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Real Oviedo 1.31 and 0.93, with the league averaging 1.12.
Level finishes had become the habit for Real Valladolid: three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 6 Real Valladolid wins, 4 for Real Oviedo, 0 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. 70% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla in Valladolid staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,618. With 80 matches recorded and 2.6 yellow cards per game, R. Ávalos Barrera was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, Real Valladolid led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-0.