Real Oviedo 0-3 Real Madrid: Mbappe brace helps Los Blancos seal three points

Real Madrid are now unbeaten in their last seven H2Hs against Real Oviedo as they secured a 3-0 victory at the Estadio Municipal Carlos Tartiere in La Liga.

Match Report

Xabi Alonso's reign as Real Madrid boss in the Spanish top-flight began with a narrow 1-0 win over Osasuna, and he will have been confident of making it two wins from two at newly-promoted Oviedo. In a surprise call, Vinícius Júnior was named on the bench, and his replacement Rodrygo was the first to force visiting goalkeeper Aarón Escandell into a save early on. That was one of few clear-cut opportunities Los Blancos created in the opening exchanges, with Rodrygo's effort the only time Escandell was tested in the first 30 minutes, with Franco Mastantuono firing over. 

In a rare foray forward for Oviedo, Leander Dendoncker tried to catch out Thibaut Courtois with a cheeky lob, and while his attempt was easily saved, it was a warning sign to Madrid that they could not afford to get complacent. Despite their lack of efforts on target, the visitors showed they need just one moment of quality to make opponents pay. On this occasion, Kylian Mbappé was the man to take on that responsibility, producing a fantastic turn and finish from Arda Güler's pass as HT approached.

After the interval, there was still a lack of goalmouth action, but instead of Los Blancos dominating possession, the home team had their fair share too. Still, Federico Valverde really should have given Madrid more breathing space, yet he could only poke wide following a rare fluid attack. At the other end, Oviedo were unable to get near Courtois' goal regularly, with the Belgian rarely troubled besides a Kwasi Sibo shot from distance.

Ultimately, it was another Mbappé intervention that secured the points. As soon as Vinícius squared to the France international in the penalty area, there was only going to be one outcome, and Escandell could only watch on during the ball's journey into the bottom corner. That strike took the remaining wind out of Oviedo's sails, and only a strong stop from the Azules' goalkeeper prevented an Mbappé hat-trick. At the death, Vinícius added extra gloss to the scoreline with a typically calm finish from Brahim Díaz's pass.

Although Alonso and his squad are still getting used to each other, they have managed to pick up successive wins in LaLiga without conceding. Oviedo, meanwhile, are still waiting for their first goal of the 2025/26 league campaign, but there were positives head coach Veljko Paunović can take from the clash as he aims to keep them amongst the elite beyond this term.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

3' Rodrygo fires a shot from the edge of the box, but the goalkeeper makes a save

7' Vini Jr is benched for this match

15' Mastantuono gets upended by the defender in the box but the ref signals no pen

22' Valverde unleashes a fine strike from outside the box but it is saved

23' Dendoncker dinks the ball from long range, but it is saved

27' Mastantuono's shot takes a deflection and flies just over the bar

32' Escandell thwarts a knuckleball from Arda Guler

34' An Guler cross finds Mastantuono whose attempt is stopped

36' Escandell makes a sensational save to thwart a great chance from Arda Guler

38' GOAL! Mbappe cuts inside and fires as Guler assists! Real Oviedo 0-1 Real Madrid

50' Valverde fires the ball towards goal, but it goes narrowly over the crossbar

63' Brahim Diaz and Vini Jr replace Mastantuono and Rodrygo

66' Valverde measures a shot, but it's slightly mishit and goes just wide

74' Arda Guler is replaced by Gonzalo Garcia

80' Yellow Card! Vinicius is booked

83' GOAL! A Vini Jr pass finds Mbappe who easily scores! Real Oviedo 0-2 Real Madrid

86' Mbappe takes aim but the keeper dives to palm his effort out

89' Courtois makes a brilliant save!

90+3' GOAL! Real Oviedo 0-3 Real Madrid (Vinicius Junior)

Line-ups

Real Oviedo XI: S.Rondón, Dendoncker, Costas, Aarón Escandell, N.Vidal, Dani Calvo, Oier Luengo, Luka Ilic, Kwasi Sibo, Ilyas Chaira, Rahim Alhassane

Subs: Cazorla, Bailly, Brekalo, O. Ejaria, Santiago Colombatto, Horațiu Moldovan, Haissem Hassan, Federico Viñas, Álex Forés, Omar Falah, Marco Esteban, Lamine Gueye

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Rudiger, Mbappe, Valverde, Tchouameni, Rodrygo, Güler, Álvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen, Franco Mastantuono

Subs: Alaba, Ceballos, Alexander-Arnold, Militao, Brahim, Lunin, Fran García, Vinicius, Gonzalo García, Raúl Asencio, Sergio Mestre, Thiago Pitarch