Albacete 0:1 Oviedo: Segunda División Match Result

Match report

Oviedo took all three points from Albacete in the third round of the Segunda División, winning 1-0 at the Carlos Belmonte on Saturday evening. P. Saenz put the visitors ahead in the forty-second minute, and that was enough to carry the side through a match where the hosts dominated possession but had nothing to lose.

The goal came from a rare moment of clarity. Albacete pushed forward, offered the ball into the box, and Saenz found space to finish. By then the hosts had already shown they could keep the ball — sixty-three per cent of possession, one hundred and seven attacks — but the chance creation was thin. Only one big chance for the home side, and it did not materialise.

Oviedo, with thirty-seven per cent of the ball, were more efficient. They registered two goalkeeper saves and five shots on target, including the decisive strike. Their expected goals figure of 0.76 sat above Albacete's 0.53, a reminder that quality of chances matters more than volume.

The yellow cards piled up without changing the shape of the game. Youness Lachhab, Lluís López, Samu Rodríguez, Agustin Medina, Carlos Domínguez and Alex Rubio all saw the referee's hand. It was a match decided in the middle third, where one mistake ends it and the rest is noise.

Albacete remain bottom of the table with zero points from three games. Oviedo move up to tenth place on four points. The gap between them is now four, and for the hosts there is still work to do before the margin becomes comfortable.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 63 – 37

Shots on target 2 – 5

Shots off target 3 – 2

Expected goals 0.53 – 0.76

⇄ 18' Munir El Haddadi — Substitution 🟨 41' Youness Lachhab — Yellow card ⚽ 42' P. Saenz — Goal 🟨 45+3' Lluís López — Yellow card 🟨 46' Samu Rodríguez — Yellow card ⇄ 59' Pepe — Substitution ⇄ 59' M. Soberon — Substitution ⇄ 65' J. Gonzalez — Substitution ⇄ 65' A. Isfan — Substitution 🟨 67' Agustin Medina — Yellow card 🟨 72' Carlos Domínguez — Yellow card 🟨 75' Alex Rubio — Yellow card ⇄ 77' Lorenzo — Substitution ⇄ 77' A. Pacheco — Substitution ⇄ 77' A. Ahmed — Substitution ⇄ 77' P. Saenz — Substitution ⇄ 88' D. Villahermosa — Substitution

Match events

18' 0:0 Albacete Substitution Munir El Haddadi off: A. Albarracin
41' 0:0 Oviedo Yellow card Youness Lachhab
42' 0:1 Oviedo Goal P. Saenz assist: A. Isfan
45+3' 0:1 Albacete Yellow card Lluís López
46' 0:1 Oviedo Yellow card Samu Rodríguez
59' 0:1 Albacete Substitution Pepe off: Agus Medina
59' 0:1 Albacete Substitution M. Soberon off: A. Rubio
65' 0:1 Oviedo Substitution J. Gonzalez off: A. Aldasoro
65' 0:1 Oviedo Substitution A. Isfan off: V. Mingo
67' 0:1 Albacete Yellow card Agustin Medina
72' 0:1 Oviedo Yellow card Carlos Domínguez
75' 0:1 Albacete Yellow card Alex Rubio
77' 0:1 Albacete Substitution Lorenzo off: D. Bernabeu
77' 0:1 Albacete Substitution A. Pacheco off: T. Ingles
77' 0:1 Oviedo Substitution A. Ahmed off: N. Vidal
77' 0:1 Oviedo Substitution P. Saenz off: E. Perez
88' 0:1 Oviedo Substitution D. Villahermosa off: D. Menendez

Statistics

63 Possession, % 37

2 Shots on target 5

3 Shots off target 2

0.53 Expected goals 0.76

1 Big chances 0

107 Attacks 60

8 Corners 5

10 Fouls 14

13 Free kicks 10

2 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 7

33 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

14/2264% Aerial duels 8/2236%

57 Backward passes 46

4 Blocked shots 2

16 Clearances 32

7/3222% Crosses 5/1828%

5/956% Dribbles 6/1155%

1.14 Expected assists 0.31

90 Failed passes 71

4 Goalkeeper saves 2

9 Interceptions 14

7 Key passes 8

20/5040% Long passes 18/5334%

98 Passes into the final third 48

310 Passes in the opposition half 168

226 Passes in own half 150

0.22 Shot accuracy 0.56

8 Shots inside the box 7

11/1958% Tackles 8/1080%

504 Total passes 300

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