Overview

• Jacobo’s early strike was negated by defensive lapses that allowed Gelabert to equalise and Dubasin to net the winner for Sporting de Gijón.
• Álvaro Moreno Aragón, known for a high penalty and red-card rate, oversaw an overturned Córdoba penalty after VAR review and several discipline-related stoppages.
• The Blanquiverdes entered the match without injured recruits Dalisson de Almeida and Adilson Mendes after conceding ten goals in five preseason friendlies.
• Thirteen summer signings have strengthened squad depth but have yet to shore up a back line exposed again on matchday one.
• Córdoba return to El Arcángel on August 25 to host Las Palmas before more than 17,000 season-ticket holders with an urgent need to remedy their defensive woes.