Espanyol dominates Oviedo but draw doesn’t lift either in La Liga.
Match Report:
Espanyol and Real Oviedo drew 1-1 in a game that extended Espanyol’s winless La Liga run to 10 matches and left Oviedo rooted to the bottom of the table on Monday.
Oviedo came into the game without a win in five but took the lead after eight minutes through Alberto Reina.
However, Espanyol was on top and got a deserved equalizer nine minutes before halftime thanks to Kike Garcia.
Espanyol continued to control the play in the second half and finished with 26 shots to Oviedo’s six. But neither side could find the net again.
A point was a meagre outcome for both clubs and left Oviedo four points adrift at the bottom of La Liga.
Espanyol, meanwhile, has yet to win this year but remains in seventh thanks to a good start to its campaign.
Line-ups
Espanyol XI: Kike, Cabrera, Dmitrovic, Pol Lozano, Cyril Ngonge, Ramón Terrats, Tyrhys Dolan, Urko González de Zárate, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Carlos Romero
Subs: Rubén Sánchez, Pere Milla, Calero, Miguel Rubio, Pol Tristán, Jofre Carreras, José Salinas, Ángel Fortuño, Roberto Fernández, Ferran Gómez
Real Oviedo XI: Aarón Escandell, N.Vidal, Dani Calvo, Luka Ilic, David Carmo, Kwasi Sibo, Nicolás Fonseca, Alberto Reina, Javi López, Federico Viñas, Thiago Fernández
Subs: Cazorla, Bailly, O. Ejaria, Santiago Colombatto, Horațiu Moldovan, Haissem Hassan, Álex Forés, Ilyas Chaira, Rahim Alhassane, Pablo Agudín