Real Oviedo Form
Throughout the current season, Cazorla and his team-mates have been stuck in the lower reaches of the table. The return to the top flight has not gone to plan for Real Oviedo, but the home team have started to pick up points more actively. The promoted side have suffered only one defeat in their last five matches, although they have had a fairly gentle schedule over that stretch. From the top six, the hosts have faced only Villarreal (1:1) — that meeting in the previous round brought Almada's team only 0.80 xG, even though they had twice as many shots (15-7).
Key Real Oviedo Numbers:
Almada's team have the poorest attack in La Liga — 25 goals in 32 matches.
Real Oviedo have seen Under 2.5 goals in only 12 league matches this season — only Getafe have done so less often (9).
At home, Real Oviedo have fallen almost 10 goals short of their xG — eight actual goals and 17.69 expected.
Potential Real Oviedo Lineup
(4-2-3-1): Aaron Escandell — Javi Lopez, Dani Calvo, Eric Bailly, Nacho Vidal — Santiago Colombatto, Kwasi Sibo — Tiago Fernandez, Alberto Reina, Ilyas Chaira — Federico Vinas.
Out of squad: Alex Fores, Luka Ilic, Leander Dendoncker (all – injury).
Elche Form
After a superb 2025, Sarabia's side started to collapse sharply from the beginning of January. Elche pulled themselves together in time: three wins in their last four rounds have lifted the team out of the relegation zone, but the table remains very congested. During the week, the promoted side in La Liga were fortunate to face an unmotivated Atletico Madrid (3:2). In that match, the visitors played with a man advantage for more than an hour but still failed to score from open play — two goals came from set pieces and another was scored by Silva from the spot.
Key Elche Numbers:
Since 21 March, Sarabia's team have conceded more than one goal in only one of their four matches.
Elche have the worst away xG figure in the league — 11.57 expected goals in 15 games.
Elche have conceded 49 goals this season — in the bottom half of the table, only Valencia (48) and Rayo Vallecano (38) have let in fewer.
Potential Elche Lineup
(3-5-2): Matias Dituro — Leo Petrot, David Affengruber, Buba Sangare — German Valera, Martim Neto, Aleix Febas, Gonzalo Villar, Tete Morente — Andre Silva, Rafa Mir.
Out of squad: Adam Boayar (injury).
