Real Oviedo 0 Zamora 1

Oviedo slip to home defeat

Unbeaten home record comes to an end

Real Oviedo slipped to a surprise defeat at the Carlos Tartiere against a defensive Zamora outfit. There were over 12,000 fans inside the stadium as Los Carbayones looked to extend their 100% home record. It wasn’t to be though as Manu Gavilan’s 34^th minute strike was enough to earn the visitors maximum points.

Sergio Egea had recalled Generelo to the starting eleven with Omgba dropping out. Other than that though and it was an unchanged line up.

Oviedo created many chances and Linares even had the ball in the net towards the end of the game but his strike was ruled out after the referee adjudged the striker to have used his hand in the build up. Linares also went close with a diving header from a Susaeta delivery but Zamora held firm and denied Oviedo scoring for the second successive season.

Real Oviedo do however remain on top of the table after Murcia slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Real Aviles.

UD Logrones kept up the pace after beating Racing Ferrol to join Oviedo and Murcia on 31 points. Coruxo missed an opportunity to leapfrog the top three but could only draw 0-0 with Compostela.

Attention now turns to the much-anticipated Copa del Rey 4^th round 1^st leg tie against David Moyes’s Real Sociedad at the Carlos Tartiere on Thursday. This tie will be a real gage of how far we have come. It promises to be a fantastic evening in front of a bumper crowd and hopefully we can get a positive result. It will be superb if we can win the game if not the next best thing to make sure we are still in the tie for the 2^nd leg. We then travel on Sunday next week to Tropezon looking to get another away victory.