Oviedo 2 - Osasuna 3

Oviedo: Esteban; Keita (Raúl 70'), Danjou, Gaspar, Boris (Juan González 77'); Amieva, Onopko, Tomic, Iván Ania; Geni, Oli. 4-4-2.
Osasuna: Nuno; Alfonso, Cruchaga, Vidakovic (Yanguas 46'), Iban Pérez, Llorens; Alex Fernández; Alfredo, Gancedo; Iván Rosado (Lekumberri 85'), Sabino (Ziganda 91'). 5-3-2.

Team changes: Oviedo: Geni for Paunovic. / Osasuna: Gancedo, Sabino for Lekumberri, Armentano.

Goals:
1-0. 14. Oli. Controlled and beat keeper after Geni headed on long ball from Keita.
2-0. 45. Tomic (penalty). After foul by Vidakovic on Geni.
2-1. 52. Alex. Struck powerful free kick round wall from outside of area.
2-2. 68. Alex (penalty). After Onopko pulled down Sabino.
2-3. 69. Iván Rosado. Back heel into net after centre by Sabino from right.

The league's bottom club Osasuna came back from two goals down to take three well earned points against Oviedo. The Pamplona based club were unlucky to be so far behind at half time as they had done more than enough in the first half to be level. But Oviedo had taken the lead in a good spell early on, Oli getting his eighth of the season after youngster Geni headed down Keita's long clearance. And then Geni was brought down by Vidakovic in the penalty area in injury time in the second half, Tomic scoring from the resulting penalty. Geni was preferred by Radomir Antic to start this match rather than Stan Collymore, who returned to the squad but had still not fully convinced his manager that he was ready to play, and the decision appeared to be well made.

But Osasuna had gone close on a number of occasions, with Sabino hitting a post and seeing the rebound drop into Esteban's hands, and then Iván Ania heading off the line from another effort from the Spanish forward. Seven minutes in to the second half they finally got the goal they deserved, Alex striking a free kick around the wall and in to the corner of Esteban's net. Referee Rodríguez Santiago gave them a hand a bit later ruling that Onopko had pulled down Sabino, and Alex stepped up to level the scores from the penalty spot. And then the ever-dangerous Sabino put in a cross from the right which Iván Rosado cleverly deflected in to the net with the back of his heel.

In eighteen minutes Osasuna had turned the game around, with Oviedo's defence a shambles. But Antic still couldn't bring himself to put on Collymore, preferring the transfer listed Juanchi González as Osasuna pulled back into their own half. It was Osasuna's second away win of the season, the first coming on day 2 of the league, and although with Racing winning they stay bottom, they are now only a point behind Real Sociedad and three away from Numancia. Oviedo fall to their fourth defeat in a row, and they too are now not that far away from the relegation zone, only four points ahead of Numancia. They could do with a result at Celta next week to stop the rot, but with only one point from eleven away matches that looks quite remote at the moment.