Real Oviedo vs Eibar Predictions

• Oviedo have the second-best record in the league since October
• The hosts have won 12 of their last 18 home league games
• Eibar have lost five of seven visits to the top eight this season

Oviedo to make the most of home advantage

Real Oviedo are at home for the first-leg of this promotion play-off semi-final in Spain’s Segunda and they should thrive in front of their home support. The hosts incredibly managed to make the playoffs despite taking just three points from their first seven games of the campaign, hitting surging form from that point onwards.

Since the start of October, Oviedo have the Segunda’s second-best record, winning 17 of their 35 games and losing only eight times. That’s also the point from which their brilliant home form clicked into gear, with the hosts claiming 12 wins from their last 18 home league games, suffering only one defeat and conceding 12 goals.

Eibar have had their issues in visits to Spain’s top teams this term. The visitors have lost 10 times on the road and they’ve suffered five defeats away to the top eight, including a loss away to Oviedo. The hosts look well placed to extend their great record on their own patch, so back them for a first-leg victory.