Overview

• Kickoff is set for Saturday at the Carlos Tartiere in a contest both coaches frame as a direct fight to stay in LaLiga.
• Oviedo welcome Santi Cazorla and Ovie Ejaria back, with Ilic suspended and full-backs Álvaro Lemos and Nacho Vidal injured, while Brandon Domingues is omitted by technical decision.
• Coach Veljko Paunovic is considering Eric Bailly’s return alongside David Carmo and a start for Salomón Rondón, with recent stability built on a Dendoncker–Reina–Colombatto midfield.
• Levante travel without Pampín due to a rectus femoral tear and with Matturro unavailable pending tests, though they have taken four points from their last two away matches.
• Julián Calero weighs keeping an offensive shape with Brugué or adding a third midfielder such as Olasagasti or Pablo Martínez, and recent head-to-heads include a draw in Valencia and an Oviedo win at the Tartiere.