La Liga-Real Oviedo VS Osasuna: the only newly promoted team deep in the relegation zone

This season in La Liga, the three newly promoted teams have different destinies!

The Spaniard currently has 18 points from 11 games, 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, ranking sixth in the La Liga standings, still 4 points behind Atletico Madrid in fourth place, looking like a dark horse.

Elche lost to defending champion Barcelona 1:3 in the last round away game. It still has 14 points from 11 games, 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. It ranks ninth in the La Liga standings. The prospect of relegation is still relatively optimistic.

Real Oviedo is hard to say. With 10 games, 2 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses and 7 points, it ranks second to last in the La Liga standings. It has been stuck in the relegation zone for a long time. It has the same points as bottom Girona and only 2 points less than 16th Levante. To escape from the relegation zone, one victory is enough. A win is hard to come by in the long run and sooner or later they will be relegated.

Osasuna is just a small club in La Liga. It belongs to the middle and lower level in La Liga. Its results are not bad. Basically, there is no need to worry about relegation, but its strength is not enough to support greater ambitions. After the first 10 rounds of La Liga this season, they are just one goal ahead of Real Oviedo in the relegation zone.

Real Oviedo VS Osasuna

Nature of the match: La Liga 11th round

Match time: 4:00 on November 4

As a newly promoted team, Real Oviedo's relegation situation this season is very serious. The team is in trouble on both offense and defense. In 10 league rounds, they only scored 7 goals but conceded 19 goals. Both offensive and defensive statistics are one of the worst in the league. To make matters worse, the team has lost all momentum at home recently and is suffering a three-game losing streak at home. However, in the last round of the league, they drew 3-3 away from Girona, ending their losing streak, which may bring some confidence to the team.

Although Osasuna's overall situation is slightly better than that of the home team, it is far from safe. The team's biggest problem is their away performance. They have lost all five league away games this season and only scored one goal. On the offensive end, Osasuna also struggled, scoring only 9 goals in the past 10 games in all competitions, averaging less than 1 goal per game. However, the team defeated a lower-level team 5-0 in the Spanish Cup in midweek. This victory had a positive effect on boosting morale.

The core aspect of this game is: Who can break the deadlock first between two teams with weak offense?

From a tactical perspective, Osasuna tends to adopt a robust defensive counterattack strategy and will be more pragmatic in away games. Real Oviedo needs to take advantage of the momentum at home to try to control the rhythm of the game. Injuries on both sides will have an impact on the formation, especially in Oviedo. The absence of multiple forwards has made the already weak offense worse.

Considering Osasuna's extremely poor away performance and Real Oviedo's weak home toughness, this game is most likely to end in a dull draw. Of course, if Osasuna can break the away spell with its slight advantage in overall strength, a small away win is not impossible.