Real Oviedo and Real Club Deportivo Espanyol They will begin this Sunday a two-game battle for a place in the First Division. The blues will try to return to the elite after 23 years away from it, while the parakeets do not want to extend their stay in the Second Division any longer after their relegation last year. Two cities facing each other and the same objective for which they will fight starting this afternoon.
Dynamics and classification
Real Oviedo arrives at the event after having left Eibar, third in the standings, in the gutter. The blues, who finished the regular phase in sixth place, tied 0-0 at the Carlos Tartiere and They defeated the armorers in the second leg (0-2). For its part, Espanyol suffered more to beat Sporting. A solitary goal from Puado in El Molinón was enough to advance to the round. The parakeet set accumulates 18 games without losing.
Casualties and sanctions
Luis Carrión faces the final tie with several casualties. They are the cases of David Costas, Rodri Tarín and Mario Hernández. To this list we must add Santi Cazorla, although the blue ‘8’, unlike those previously mentioned, will experience the match from the bench, as requested by the Barcelona coach. Manolo González, for his part, will not be able to count on the sanctioned Omar El Hilalisent off in the second leg against Sporting de Gijón, and the injured Edu Expósito and Pol Lozano.
Precedents
Catalans and Asturians faced each other in 93 occasions, between the League and the Copa del Rey: 46 victories for the parakeets, 16 draws and 31 wins for the Oviedistas. The last match between the two, played at the Stage Front Stadium on matchday 40 of this season, Espanyol beat Oviedo (2-1) in a match marked by referee controversy. This season they also met in the first round, with Solvent victory for the Oviedistas (2-0) Thank you so many from Masca and Colombatto.
How and where to watch the game?
The match between Real Oviedo and RCD Espanyol will begin this Sunday from 6:30 p.m. at the Carlos Tartiere. Through television, it will be broadcast on the channel LaLiga Hypermotion TV (Movistar, DAZN, Orange, Vodafone, Telecable, Amazon Prime Video, Yoigo, MásMóvil and Finetwork).
In addition, you can follow the broadcast of the meeting over the airwaves. Radio MARCA Asturias (105.0 FM in Oviedo and 101.7 FM in Gijón and Avilés). Also through the mobile application for iOS and Android. Another option to listen to the evolution of the match is found in the player located in the upper right part of Killer Asturias.
