This clash marks the first time the team from Girona plays at Carlos Tartiere as a top-flight club. Oviedo, which has competed 39 years in the top division, suffered a major relegation in 2001, falling to Segunda B and Tercera División due to disastrous sporting and economic management, including unpaid wages to players.
In modern professional football, the Asturians and the Catalans have met five times, always in Segunda A, with a very balanced record. Oviedo secured two home victories, in the 2016/17 (2-0) and 2019/20 (4-2) seasons.
The record at Carlos Tartiere is balanced in modern professional football, with two victories for each team and one draw in the five previous encounters in Segunda A.
Girona has also achieved two victories at Tartiere, in the first meeting during the 2015/16 season (1-2), and in the penultimate one, 2020/21 (0-1). The most recent precedent, during the season of Girona's second promotion, 2021/22, ended in a goalless draw, in a match that coach Míchel watched from the box due to a suspension.
