AD Ceuta FC vs Oviedo Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Oviedo's league form this season has been a mixed bag. They've beaten Valladolid and Albacete, drawn with Burgos and Granada, but also lost to Sabadell and Leganes. It's a spread of results rather than any clear pattern, though there's enough there to suggest a team capable of winning on its day.

AD Ceuta FC: 20 completed matches; Oviedo: 20 completed matches.

AD Ceuta FC

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

33

Difference

-12

Oviedo

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

19

Conceded

20

Difference

-1

Ceuta's form tells a very different story. A single draw against Valladolid is the only point they've taken from their last six league matches, with defeats to Burgos, Celta Vigo II, Mallorca, Las Palmas and Andorra piling up either side of it. Goals have been leaking freely at the back throughout.

Ceuta's defensive numbers stand out as the bigger concern heading into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: AD Ceuta FC vs Oviedo

Where they sit in the table

Six games into the season, Oviedo sit 13th with eight points from two wins, two draws and two defeats. Ceuta are down in 22nd having managed just a single point, with only one draw and five losses so far.

It's still early days in terms of the wider table, but the gap between the two sides in these opening rounds is already sizeable.

Cards to watch

Discipline has been an issue for both squads in the small sample available. Oviedo's Y. Didi has picked up three yellows in six appearances, with A. Ișfan on two, and Aritz Aldasoro has already seen red in just three matches.

AD Ceuta FC:

Best scorers:

Carlos Hernández - 4

Jordi Escobar - 2

Best assist providers:

K. Koné - 3

Jordi Escobar - 1

Penalty cards:

O. Sadik x 1 x 1

Albert Caparrós x 1

Oviedo:

Penalty cards:

Aritz Aldasoro x 1

Y. Didi x 3

Ceuta have their own concerns, with O. Sadik combining a red and a yellow in four games and Albert Caparrós sent off in one of only two appearances logged. None of this confirms who's actually available for this fixture, but it does point to some edge in how both sides have been playing.

How this one might unfold

Put the two form lines together and the shape of this match starts to take form. Oviedo have scored in most of their recent outings and have shown they can grind out results even when not at their best. Ceuta, by contrast, have shipped sixteen goals in six league games, a rate that would worry any side they come up against.

Given where both teams sit in the table right now, Oviedo look the side better equipped to control this game, though six matches is still a small sample to lean on heavily.