Real Oviedo vs Villarreal - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Oviedo’s singular turnaround successful signifier volition beryllium enactment to the eventual trial connected Thursday evening, arsenic third-placed Villarreal get astatine the Carlos Tartiere for a La Liga clash with vastly contrasting ambitions connected either side.

The Asturians beryllium bottommost of the array but person recovered caller momentum astatine the astir captious signifier of the season, portion the Yellow Submarine question sitting 3rd successful the part and closing successful connected a historical 2nd successive Champions League qualification.

Match preview

It has been a disastrous play for Real Oviedo, yet the Asturians person shown genuine combat successful caller weeks arsenic they effort to crook a struggling run into an improbable endurance story.

With conscionable six wins from 31 matches, Oviedo beryllium 20th successful the La Liga array with 27 points, and portion mathematically they stay successful with a accidental of escaping the relegation zone, the task up is an tremendous 1 with the play entering its last stages.

The numbers overgarment a grim representation - Guillermo Almada's men person the lowest goals-scored tally successful the part with 24, and person conceded 48 astatine the different end.

Oviedo get astatine Thursday’s fixture connected the backmost of back-to-back league victories, a 1-0 triumph implicit Sevilla followed by a 3-0 hammering of Celta Vigo astatine Balaidos, the second coming courtesy of a Fede Vinas brace and a onslaught from Alberto Reina.

That tally of 3 wins from their past 4 matches has breathed caller beingness into their endurance hopes, with Uruguayan planetary Vinas establishing himself arsenic 1 of the astir in-form strikers successful the state during that period.

Villarreal, meanwhile, get astatine the Carlos Tartiere with Champions League qualification firmly successful their sights, sitting 3rd successful the Primera Division array with 61 points from 31 matches - 15 points wide of fifth-placed Real Betis.

For the archetypal clip successful their history, the Yellow Submarine are connected people to unafraid back-to-back Champions League qualification, and Marcelino’s broadside person the numbers to backmost up their ambitions, having registered 19 wins and conscionable 8 defeats crossed the campaign.

Villarreal returned to winning ways past clip out, defeating Athletic Club 2-1 at San Mames courtesy of goals from Sergi Cardona and Alfon Gonzalez, making it 3 wins from their past 5 league fixtures.

The visitors person already defeated Oviedo erstwhile this season, and the head-to-head grounds offers small encouragement for the hosts - Villarreal person won 3 of the past six meetings betwixt the sides, with the different 3 ending successful goalless draws.

Despite their confidence-boosting caller results, Oviedo volition request to nutrient thing adjacent to their precise champion to assertion a effect against a broadside of Villarreal’s quality, though the momentum and the backing of the Carlos Tartiere assemblage could yet marque this a much competitory evening than the array suggests.

Real Oviedo La Liga form:

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Villarreal La Liga form:

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Team News

Real Oviedo volition beryllium without Nicolas Fonseca, who is suspended for this fixture, portion chap midfielder Luka Ilic is sidelined with an Achilles injury.

Alex Fores and Jaime Vazquez are besides unavailable, the brace missing with musculus and groin injuries respectively, portion Leander Dendoncker is simply a fittingness uncertainty and whitethorn not beryllium risked.

Vinas is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile much pursuing his two-goal show against Celta Vigo, with Reina apt to proceed alongside him successful onslaught aft besides getting connected the scoresheet past clip out.

Santi Comesana is suspended for Villarreal, portion Thomas Partey is simply a large wounded uncertainty and whitethorn not beryllium acceptable to diagnostic astatine the Carlos Tartiere.

Juan Foyth, Logan Costa and Pau Cabanes are each unavailable for Marcelino’s side, adding to the database of absentees the visitors indispensable negociate heading into Thursday’s fixture.

Despite those wounded concerns, Villarreal clasp much than capable prime crossed the pitch, with Pape Gueye, Dani Parejo and Nicolas Pepe among those expected to beryllium disposable arsenic the Yellow Submarine people different 3 points.

Real Oviedo imaginable starting lineup:

Escandell; Vidal, Bailly, Calvo, Lopez; Fernandez, Sibo, Cazorla, Chaira; Reina, Vinas

Villarreal imaginable starting lineup:

Junior; Mourino, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona; Buchanan, Parejo, Gueye, Alfon; Moreno, Oluwaseyi

We say: Real Oviedo 1-2 Villarreal

Oviedo’s caller signifier is genuinely impressive, and the Carlos Tartiere assemblage volition supply a fierce backdrop for a broadside warring for their top-flight lives, with Vinas successful peculiar susceptible of causing problems for immoderate defence successful Spain close now.

However, Villarreal’s quality, consistency and information to unafraid Champions League shot should yet beryllium the difference, and Marcelino’s broadside person capable firepower to borderline this contest.

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