Oviedo 4 - Rayo Vallecano 1

Oviedo: Esteban; Keita, Danjou (Bango 46'), Martinovic, Ivo; Amieva, Onopko, Tomic, Iván Ania (Rubén Reyes 77'); Losada, Oli (Rubén 70'). 4-4-2.
Rayo: Keller; Urbano, Patxi Ferreira (Bartelt 60'), Ballesteros, Mingo; Mauro (Bolic 60'), Helder, Poschner, Michel (Iván Iglesias 67'); Glaucio, Bolo. 4-4-2.

Team changes: Oviedo: None / Rayo: Keller, Urbano, Ferreira, Mauro, Glaucio for Lopetegui, Alcázar, De Quintana, Quevedo, Bolic.

Goals:
0-1. 29. Bolo. Free kick from front of penalty area.
1-1. 37. Tomic. Long shot that went in off crossbar.
2-1. 44. Oli. Header after cross from Losada on right field.
3-1. 63. Iván Ania. Placed shot past keeper after counter-attack.
4-1. 92. Rubén. Shot which was helped in by Keller off goal post.

Oviedo are the Jekyll and Hyde team of the league, unbeatable in their home stadium, but unable to win away, despite playing with more or less the same players in every match. Last season they saved themselves with a magnificent run late in the season in the old Tartiere stadium, despite only winning one game away. And history seems to be repeating itself in the Nuevo Tartiere ground, with ten of their eleven points coming from their four games at home. In this match they completely dominated Rayo Vallecano with a display of attacking football, despite going a goal behind early in the first half.

To put things in perspective though, Rayo's manager Juande Ramos had made things a bit easier for them, resting five of his first choice players to give their replacements a chance. Out went keeper Lopetegui, with Kasey Keller coming back for his first league match this season, having only played in the UEFA cup matches up to now. Urbano, Ferreira and Mauro also got rare starts, with Glaucio coming back in place of Bolic. They started well, with Oviedo apparently suffering a hangover after their defeat at Espanyol over the weekend. Bolo gave an early warning, with a shot which Esteban saved well, and on the half hour mark he gave his side the lead with a well struck free kick. The Asturian side finally came out of their trance, and Tomic levelled the scores with the goal of the day, a shot from over 30 metres which Keller didn't even see. On the stroke of half time they were in the lead, oli scoring his third in two matches at home with a header back past the keeper.

Juande went for broke with the second half ten minutes old, putting on two more forwards, Bolic and Bartelt, for Ferreira and Mauro. That only gave Oviedo more opportunities, and they scored two more through Iván Ania and then through Rubén, whose shot span slowly off a defender and hit a post before Keller helped it into the goal. Although the Rayo defenderscomplained, television pictures later showed that the keeper had taken the ball completely over the line with his leg and that the goal was legal. To make matters worse, referee Turienzo Alvarez sent off Glaucio for protesting, the Brazilian having already picked up a first yellow card earlier in the game. All in all Turienzo showed eleven yellows and one red, and also upset Bolo and his manager when he failed to give a penalty earlier in the game. That was fairly academic though, and Rayo fell to their second defeat in a row, dropping down the table to seventh, with Oviedo now only a point and a place below them.