Oviedo 5 - Athletic Bilbao 0

Oviedo: Esteban; Gaspar, Danjou (Raúl 78'), Boris, Rabarivony (Ivo 78'); Jaime, Onopko; Paunovic, Tomic (Rubén 81'), Iván Ania; Oli. 4-2-3-1.
Bilbao: Lafuente; Larrainzar, Lacruz, Carlos García, Larrazábal; Felipe, Orbaiz, Oscar Vales (David Cuéllar 46'), Yeste (Javi González 73'); Ezquerro; Urzaiz (Merino 73'). 4-4-1-1.

Team changes: Oviedo: Jaime, Oli for Amieva, Juanchi González / Bilbao: Larrazábal, Orbaiz for Alkiza, Tiko.

Goals:
1-0. 10. Paunovic. Looping header over keeper after cross from Jaime.
2-0. 21. Oli. Ran on to long ball and beat keeper.
3-0. 26. Danjou. Header from edge of area after ball in from Tomic.
4-0. 49. Oli. Controlled high pass turned defender and volleyed into net.
5-0. 55. Paunovic. Low shot across keeper from edge of area.

Oviedo put in their best performance of the season to beat a poor Athletic Bilbao by five clear goals. Bilbao were never in the game from start to finish, and if were not for their keeper Lafuente it could have been more. It was just what Radomir Antic's team needed to give them confidence for the run in to the end of the season, and it signified their first victory at the Nuevo Tartiere stadium in over three months. With half an hour gone they were already three up, Paunovic opening the scoring with his second in two games, Oli adding a second after Onopko headed on Esteban's long clearance, and Danjou getting the third from Tomic's pass. Paunovic could have made it four a couple of minutes later if Lafuente had not stood his ground, and Larrainzar cleared Oli's header off the line just afterwards.

At half time Txetxu Rojo brought on another forward Cuéllar in place of Oscar Vales, but nothing changed, and Oli scored the fourth within four minutes of the restart. Bilbao were humiliated, and when Paunovic completed the rout six minutes later they hid their heads in shame. The introduction of Merino and Javi González with seventeen minutes to go improved things slightly, and González even brought a save out of Esteban with five minutes to go, but the day belonged to the Asturians, who moved up to fifteenth in the league, four points now away from the drop zone. Bilbao stay in eleventh place, their season effectively over, and Rojo can only start planning for next season, assuming that is that he is still there in three months time. Elections for the new president of the club are due to take place soon, and his future depends to a large extent on who wins. Zaragoza are very keen to get him back, and after this season nobody is doing much to stop him going.