LA CORUñA. Real Oviedo tops Deportivo La Coruña 1-0 after A. del scored just 1 goal (5′). Deportivo La Coruña was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Abanca-Riazor stadium in La Coruña on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 25,715 spectators.​ The referee was Salvador Lax Franco with the support of Carlos Grande Rabadán and Diego Fernández Correas. The 4th official was José Alberto Pardeiro Puente. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.49 degrees Celsius or 72.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Deportivo La Coruña had a superior ball possession 64% while Real Oviedo was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Deportivo La Coruña was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, Real Oviedo succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Deportivo La Coruña shot 16 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Oviedo shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Deportivo La Coruña received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Ahijado, José Ángel and P. Martínez). Regarding the opposition, Real Oviedo received 4 yellow cards (Carlos Dotor, Lucas Ahijado, Sebas Moyano and Kwasi Sibo).

Standings

After playing this match, Deportivo La Coruña stays with 0 points to occupy the 20th place in the table. On the other side, Real Oviedo has 3 points (3rd).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Deportivo La Coruña will play away with Huesca on the 23rd of August with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Deportivo La Coruña (0 draws).

Real Oviedo will play away against Castellón on the 25th of August with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Castellón (0 draws).

Deportivo La Coruña – Formation

Deportivo La Coruña started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Joseba Imanol Idiakez Barkaiztegui decided to play with the following team: Germán Parreño (7.2), Álex Petxa (7.5), Pablo Vázquez (6.9), P. Martínez (6.9), Ximo Navarro (8.2), Raúl Alcaina (6.5), Diego Villares (7.0), José Ángel (6.8), Yeremay Hernández (7.5), Mario Soriano (7.5) and Lucas Pérez (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Dani Barcia, Barbero (7.0), Davo, O. Mfulu, Eric Puerto, Jaime Sánchez, Hugo Rama (7.1), Luis Chacón, Helton Leite, Rubén López and Pablo García.

Substitutions

Deportivo La Coruña made 2 changes: Yeremay Hernández for Barbero (71′) and José Ángel for Hugo Rama (85′).

Player of the match: Ximo Navarro​

The most impressive player for Deportivo La Coruña was Ximo Navarro.

His rating is 8.2 with 43 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Real Oviedo – Formation

Real Oviedo started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Javier Calleja Revilla played with: Aarón Escandell (8.9), Álvaro Lemos (6.6), David Costas (7.3), Dani Calvo (7.6), A. Alhassane Bonkan (7.7), Alberto del Moral (8.0), Paulino de la Fuente (6.8), Kwasi Sibo (6.8), Carlos Dotor (6.4), Sebas Moyano (6.7) and Alemão (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Quentin Braat, Santi Cazorla (7.6), Borja Sánchez, Daniel George Paraschiv (6.2), Oier Luengo, Masca, Carlos Pomares, Haissem Hassan (6.8), Lucas Ahijado (6.8), Álex Cardero (6.7) and Jaime Vázquez.

Substitutions

Real Oviedo made 5 changes: Sebas Moyano for Álex Cardero (82′), Álvaro Lemos for Lucas Ahijado (46′), Carlos Dotor for Santi Cazorla (61′), Paulino de la Fuente for Haissem Hassan (61′) and Alemão for D. Paraschiv (86′).

Player of the match: Aarón Escandell​

The most impressive player for Real Oviedo was the goalkeeper: Aarón Escandell. His rating is 8.87. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Racing Ferrol – Málaga – 2-2
• SD Eibar – Castellón – 1-0
• Deportivo La Coruña – Real Oviedo – 0-1