Real Oviedo looking for adventure and three points trip to Granada

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 26.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (23156 seats)

Granada are thought of as expected winners of this home game vs Real Oviedo, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Granada have the most scored goals (43) in La Liga 2
  • Real Oviedo have the fewest scored goals (20) in La Liga 2

These teams have little in common geographically as Real Oviedo have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an active game!

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Granada form and stats

Home games in the La Liga 2 have been a walk in the park for Granada so far, with 42 points won from 16 matches; 13 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

A strong away win for Granada against Albacete (after extra-time) the last match, as Uzuni and Sánchez were on target. Uzuni has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful! Sánchez, defender, was given a rating of 8.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Sánchez scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Granada hosted Ponferradina (after extra-time) and drew the game 2-2.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 32 latest league games shows that 24 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Granada have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes with 31 goals in 16 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Granada have only let in {4 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Real Oviedo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga 2 travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Real Oviedo goalkeeper Quentin Braat is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two trips in a row for Real Oviedo, whose manager Díaz could celebrate last time after the win against Leganes (after extra-time). That victory felt nice as this club had gone five league matches without winning. Defender Ahijado was the best team player with a rating of 8.03. Ahijado served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Tenerife (after extra-time).

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's last 10 league matches have seen two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oviedo as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Real Oviedo as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived scoreline between these squads is the Real Oviedo - Granada 1-0 played previously this season. Data for the prior six meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Granada, one draw and three wins for Real Oviedo. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

GranadaM. Uzuni
M. Uzuni
19 goals
Real OviedoB. González Tomás
B. González Tomás
8 goals
GranadaJ. Callejón Bueno
J. Callejón Bueno
4 goals

Granada missing players

Real Oviedo missing players

Granada Real Oviedo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 16 32
17 13 5 Won W 0 4 10
7 3 1 Drew D 1 5 9
8 0 0 Lost L 3 7 13
43 31 13 Scored S 1 11 20
23 4 2 Conceded C 4 15 25
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 88%
62% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 44% 31%
31% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 16%
22% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 6%
3% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 19% 17% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 31%
53% 81% 83% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 44%
34% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 31% 38%
 
4.4 5.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.7
4.4 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.8 4.8
2.4 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.4 13.3 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.1 8.9
4.4 5.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.6 2.7
31% 38% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 24%
 
9.6 8.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 12.4 10.5
3.1 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Granada have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Granada have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Granada have scored more than double the goals of Real Oviedo.
  • Granada have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the most clean sheets (13) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the most points (42) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the most scored goals (31) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the most scored goals (43) in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the the best goal difference (+20) in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the the best goal difference (+27) at home in La Liga 2
  • Granada have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Granada is in the best form (4-2-0) in La Liga 2
  • Real Oviedo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Oviedo have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in La Liga 2
  • Real Oviedo have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga 2
  • Real Oviedo have the fewest scored goals (20) in La Liga 2
  • Real Oviedo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in La Liga 2
  • Real Oviedo have the most matches under the total-line (27) in La Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eibar 31 17 8 6 34 23 16 11 4 1 20 8 15 6 4 5 14 15 11 59
2 Granada 32 17 7 8 43 23 16 13 3 0 31 4 16 4 4 8 12 19 20 58
3 Las Palmas 32 15 13 4 38 21 16 9 5 2 22 10 16 6 8 2 16 11 17 58
4 Levante 32 14 14 4 35 22 16 9 5 2 19 7 16 5 9 2 16 15 13 56
5 Deportivo Alaves 32 15 9 8 39 27 16 10 5 1 22 8 16 5 4 7 17 19 12 54
6 Albacete 32 13 12 7 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 5 7 4 18 21 6 51
7 Burgos 32 11 13 8 25 20 16 6 7 3 17 12 16 5 6 5 8 8 5 46
8 Villarreal II 32 12 8 12 38 40 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 3 9 12 23 -2 44
9 FC Cartagena 32 12 8 12 36 36 16 6 3 7 16 20 16 6 5 5 20 16 0 44
10 Huesca 32 9 15 8 29 27 16 8 7 1 19 8 16 1 8 7 10 19 2 42
11 Tenerife 32 10 11 11 31 31 16 8 5 3 19 10 16 2 6 8 12 21 0 41
12 FC Andorra 32 11 7 14 33 29 16 7 3 6 20 11 16 4 4 8 13 18 4 40
13 Mirandes 31 10 10 11 36 38 16 8 5 3 24 18 15 2 5 8 12 20 -2 40
14 Leganes 32 10 10 12 27 30 17 8 5 4 18 14 15 2 5 8 9 16 -3 40
15 Real Zaragoza 32 9 12 11 27 30 15 5 7 3 15 12 17 4 5 8 12 18 -3 39
16 Real Oviedo 32 10 9 13 20 25 16 6 4 6 9 10 16 4 5 7 11 15 -5 39
17 Racing Santander 32 9 11 12 26 29 15 4 6 5 12 13 17 5 5 7 14 16 -3 38
18 Sporting Gijón 32 8 13 11 30 34 16 6 7 3 22 16 16 2 6 8 8 18 -4 37
19 Ponferradina 32 7 12 13 27 40 16 5 5 6 14 18 16 2 7 7 13 22 -13 33
20 Malaga 32 5 12 15 26 37 16 4 7 5 14 16 16 1 5 10 12 21 -11 27
21 UD Ibiza 32 5 10 17 25 48 16 3 7 6 16 21 16 2 3 11 9 27 -23 25
22 Lugo 32 5 10 17 21 42 16 3 7 6 10 13 16 2 3 11 11 29 -21 25

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.