In the Segunda División game on 15 August 2026, Oviedo beat Granada CF 0:0. Match numbers: corners 3:2, fouls 17:13.
Match report
Oviedo and Granada played out a 0-0 draw in the opening match of the Segunda División season at the Carlos Tartiere stadium on Saturday evening. The result keeps both sides in the middle reaches of the table as the campaign gets underway. To be fair, neither side created enough to justify taking all three points.
The match settled into a pattern early on, with Oviedo controlling possession but Granada proving difficult to break down. By then, Granada had already picked up a yellow card through Youness Lachhab in the thirty-second minute, and Oviedo's Sergio López followed shortly after. The visitors' discipline seemed to matter more than their lack of possession.
And here's the thing about second-half substitutions — managers were clearly looking for something different without committing to bold tactical shifts. Oviedo brought on Pablo Alemán and Chey Onouha together in the fifty-seventh minute, while Granada responded with three changes around the hour mark. Nothing changed the balance of the game.
The statistics tell you what you already saw. Oviedo had 61 per cent possession and 98 attacks but only managed three shots on target. Granada, despite having just 39 per cent of the ball, created one big chance and kept the hosts honest. Both teams won thirty-one aerial duels, which tells you about the physical nature of the encounter.
It was a match where both sides played within themselves. Oviedo remain fifteenth with four points from four games, while Granada sit ninth with seven points. The gap between them stays the same — and perhaps that is exactly what both managers wanted from their opening fixture.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %61–39
Shots on target3–3
Shots off target6–2
Expected goals0.44–0.36
HT🟨24' Chinaza Onouha — Yellow card🟨32' Youness Lachhab — Yellow card🟨35' Sergio López — Yellow card⇄57' P. Aleman — Substitution⇄57' C. Onouha — Substitution⇄62' S. Rodriguez — Substitution⇄63' N. Vidal — Substitution⇄70' S. Lopez — Substitution⇄70' P. Saenz — Substitution⇄70' S. Rodelas — Substitution⇄78' J. M. Arnaiz — Substitution⇄81' Youness — Substitution⇄81' J. Gonzalez — Substitution🟨83' Alexandru Ișfan — Yellow card🟨90+4' Rubén Alcaraz — Yellow card
