La Liga Gameweek 2 Sun, Aug 24 · 20:30 Estadio Nuevo Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo
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Our take

Real Madrid were clear favourites.

Real Madrid were the stronger side on L90 Strength (89 vs 28). Oviedo had 9 days of rest, Real Madrid 5 and had to travel 372 km.

Away travel372 kmRest days9 · 5Matches / 14d1 · 1
Oviedo9%
Draw17%
Real Madrid73%
Expected goals 0.72 – 2.35
Oviedo10%
Draw17%
Real Madrid73%
Expected goals 0.76 – 2.36
Oviedo10%
Draw18%
Real Madrid73%
Expected goals 0.72 – 2.31
Oviedo6%
Draw14%
Real Madrid79%
Expected goals 0.64 – 2.64
Oviedo9%
Draw17%
Real Madrid74%
Expected goals 0.75 – 2.41
Over 2.5 59% Both score 47% Likeliest score 0–2
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Oviedo)

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Referee · SpainRicardo De Burgos Bengoetxea
  • Cards per match 3.7
  • Penalties per match 0.26
  • Matches 27

Team strength

OviedoReal Madrid
28 L90 StrengthIn forecast 89
29 Current StrengthIn forecast 89
23 AttackIn forecast 89
39 DefenceIn forecast 85
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Oviedo

Attack—
Defense risk—

Real Madrid

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

OviedoReal Madrid
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— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
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— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
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— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
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— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
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— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
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— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
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This league season, per match
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.70
— Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.90
— xGVia Att/Def 1.88
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.29
— Goals minus xGContext -0.18
— Scored inContext 100%
— Clean sheetsContext 60%
— ShotsContext 18.00
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.40
— On target shareContext 36%
— Shots in the boxContext 10.70
— Box shareContext 61%
— ConversionContext 9%
— OffsidesContext 2.29
— Shots allowedContext 10.20
— On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.22
— BlocksContext 3.43
— Goalkeeper savesContext 3.22
— Save rateContext 76%
— PossessionIn forecast 61%
— PassesContext 560
— Accurate passesContext 502
— Pass accuracyContext 90%
— Team ratingContext 7.29
— FoulsContext 9.40
— Fouls sufferedContext 13.40
— Yellow cardsContext 1.60
— Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 0 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Oviedo
Rest9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km1,220 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Real Madrid
Rest5 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel372 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Oviedo Real Madrid
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match9La Liga 2025-2026, 15 Aug5La Liga 2025-2026, 19 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km372 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,220 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 1
Next matchdays after this one5.96

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Oviedo Confirmed XI
3-4-3
13Aarón Escandell(G)
15Oier Luengo 12Dani Calvo 4David Costas
3Abdel Rahim 20L. Dendoncker 6Kwasi Sibo 22Nacho Vidal
7I. Chaira 23S. Rondón 21L. Ilić
+4 more reported missing outside this XI
Real Madrid Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1T. Courtois(G)
18Álvaro Fernández 24D. Huijsen 22A. Rüdiger 2Dani Carvajal
14A. Tchouaméni 8F. Valverde
11Rodrygo 15A. Güler 30Franco Mastantuono
10K. Mbappé
+4 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Oviedo Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.07 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Real Madrid Scores -0.03 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Oviedo-0.3 pp
  • Draw-0.4 pp
  • Real Madrid+0.7 pp

Home / Away this season

Oviedo · Home No home games yet this season.
Real Madrid · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea Spain · 27 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.48league 3.41
Red cards0.26league 0.35
Cards 5+30%league 29%
Fouls22.2league 23.2
Penalties0.26league 0.41
Home wins48%league 47%
Oviedo

No previous matches with this referee.

Real Madrid2 with this referee
Record1-1-0 Cards · opp.2.0 · 3.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W1 Feb 24A · Getafe2–02
  • D21 Oct 23A · Sevilla1–12

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Oviedo1 games · scored 0 · conceded 2
0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
Real Madrid1 games · scored 1 · conceded 0
0-15
16-30
31-45
1 46-60
61-75
76-90
Oviedo1 games · scored 0 · conceded 2
0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
Real Madrid10 games · scored 17 · conceded 9
2 1 0-15
1 1 16-30
4 3 31-45
2 46-60
4 2 61-75
4 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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