Our prediction for this Segunda Division match:
Real Oviedo will be aiming to recover from a 3-2 loss to Cordoba when they kickstart their La Liga 2 campaign with a home game against Sporting Gijon. Los Azules aim to stay in the playoffs berth and we are positive they will adopt an attack-minded approach in Saturday’s encounter. Federico Vinas misses out with injury, with Francisco Portillo likely to replace him in the starting XI.
Los Rojiblancos, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in 3-1 loss to Malaga and given Oviedo’s fine form before the Cordoba defeat, home win should definitely be considered. Sporting Gijon midfielder Juan Otero remains in the recovery room, but he should be the only absentee in the visiting team. In their first half of the season, Gijon defeated Oviedo 3-1 at “El Molinon”, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Team (Oviedo):
Based in Oviedo, Asturias, Real Oviedo is a Spanish club that plays home games at Carlos Tartiere. Carlos Tartiere is one of the biggest stadiums in Segunda division as it can hold up to 30,500 spectators. Los Azules competed in La Liga in the 1990s, but in the 2001/02 campaign they suffered relegation to Segunda Division.
Real Oviedo have not competed in the Spanish top flight ever since. In the 1991/92 season los Azules represented Spain in the UEFA Cup, but Genoa proved to be a big catch for them in the round of 64. Real Oviedo have a rivalry with Sporting Gijon, with the two teams facing each other in the Asturian derby.
The likes of Robert Prosinecki, Stan Collymore, Dely Valdes, Abel Xavier, Paulo Bento, Marius Lacatus, Viktor Onopko, Ratomir Dujkovic, Juan Mata, Michu, Ibrahima Balde, and Slavisa Jokanovic are the famoust footballers who were part of Oviedo in the past. Carlos Munoz Cobo is leading the club’s all-time goal-scoring chart.