Eldense vs Oviedo — Tips & Analysis

Eldense +0: Oviedo arrive here with their attack in pieces, and that is the main reason we are backing the home side. Five of their forwards are injured, including Chris Ramos, Estanis Pedrola, Ilyas Chaira and Carlos Fernandez. Goalkeeper Aaron Escandell is a doubt too. Eldense are not a good team, but they do not get beaten up on their own ground. They have lost by 2 or more goals in only 2 of their last 14 games. Oviedo barely score. They get less than a goal a game and have won just 4 of their last 15. A patched up front line is not going to fix that in one night. These two have been locked together for years. The last four meetings ended 0-0, 1-1, 1-1 and 1-3, with three ties and an average of 2 goals. Expect the same shape again. Long quiet spells, one scrappy Eldense goal from a set piece or a scramble, then a nervy last twenty minutes. A 1-0 home win is the likeliest result. The warning here is real. Eldense have still not won at home in Segunda this season, taking 2 ties and a loss from three. Oviedo have won 2 of their 3 away trips in the league. We are backing Eldense anyway, because the visitors have nobody left to finish the chances they make.