Real Madrid is now unbeaten in their last seven H2HS against Real Oviedo, because they won a 3-0 win in the municipal Carlos Tartiere in Estadio in La Liga.
Match report
Xabi Alonso's rule as Real Madrid boss in the Spanish top flight started with a narrow 1-0 victory over Osasuna, and he must have been sure to make two victories of two over the newly promoted Oviedo. In a surprise interview, Vinícius Júnior was mentioned on the couch, and his replacement Rodrygo was the first to ask goalkeeper Aarón Escandell early in a rescue. That was one of the few clear opportunities that Los Blancos created in the opening fairs, with Rodrygo's efforts the only time Escandell was tested in the first 30 minutes, with Franco Mastantuono shot.
In a rare attempt for Oviedo, Leander Dendoncker Thibaut Courtois tried to catch a brutal lob, and although his attempt was easily saved, it was a warning sign for Madrid that they could not afford to become complaining. Despite their lack of efforts on goal, the visitors showed that they only need one time of quality to have opponents pay. On this occasion, Kylian Mbappé was the man who took care of that responsibility, a fantastic turn and finished from the Pas of Arda Güler when HT approached.
After the interval there was still a lack of target malt action, but instead of Los Blancos it dominated the property, the home team also had their honest share. Yet Federico Valverde really should have given Madrid more breathing space, but he could only poke broadly after a rare liquid attack. On the other hand, Oviedo could not regularly come close to the goal of Courtois, with the Belgian rarely disturbed next to a kwasi sibo shot at a distance.
In the end it was another Mbappé intervention that secured the points. As soon as Vinícius in the French International was squared in the penalty area, there would only be one outcome and Escandell could only look at the bottom corner during the journey from the ball. That strike took the remaining wind from the sails of Oviedo, and only a strong stop from the Azules goalkeeper prevented a hat trick from Mbappé. With death, Vinícius added extra shine to the score with a typically calm finish of the pass from Brahim Díaz.
Although Alonso and his team are still getting used to each other, they have succeeded in picking up successive victories in Laliga without giving in. In the meantime, Oviedo is still waiting for their first goal of the 2025/26 league campaign, but there were positive head coach Veljko Paunović from the collision while he wants to keep them under the elite outside this period.
Match -Events
0 'The game 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 gestured for this competition
15 'Mastantuono is aware of the defender in the box, but the ref does not indicate a pen
22 'Valverde unleashes a nice blow from outside the box, but it is stored
23 'Dendoncker Dinks the ball from long distance, but it is stored
27 'Mastantuono's shot takes a deflection and flies just over the bar
32 'Escandell booms a knuckle of Arda Guler
34 'A Guler Cross finds Mastantuono whose attempt is stopped
36 'Escandell makes a sensational salvation to thwarting a big chance from Arda Guler
38 'goal! Mbappe cuts in and fires while Guler helps! Real Oviedo 0-1 Real Madrid
50 'Valverde fires the ball to the goal, but it goes closely over the bar
63 'Brahim Diaz and Vini JR replaced Mastantuono and Rodrygo
66 'Valverde measures a shot, but it is somewhat wrong and is just wide
74 'Arda Guler is being replaced by Gonzalo Garcia
80 'yellow card! Vinicius has been booked
83 'goal! Mbappe finds a Vini Jr Pass that easily scores! Real Oviedo 0-2 Real Madrid
86 'Mbappe is aimed, but the keeper dives to take his efforts
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 Pitar