Ibai Gómez’ Real Zaragoza aim to match a home run vs Teruel

Real Zaragoza, led by Ibai Gómez, face CD Teruel this Sunday at 21:00 at Ibercaja Estadio with a two-part challenge: end a three-year drought without three straight home wins and do it by extending their current run. The Aragon side are on four consecutive wins, including two at home and two away: 1-0 vs Antequera and Cartagena, 3-4 at Torremolinos and 0-2 in Ibiza.

The key detail is defensive: this season at Ibercaja Estadio they have not conceded a goal. Sport also recalls how earlier attempts fell short. In 23-24, under Fran Escribá, Zaragoza started with five wins in their opening matches—2-0 vs Villarreal B, 1-0 vs Valladolid, 2-0 vs Eldense, 0-1 at Tenerife and 1-3 at Cartagena—before being checked by Racing de Santander on 15 September 2023.

The modular, meanwhile, brought a grim spell: in 24-25 and 25-26 Zaragoza were unable to string more than two local triumphs, and the first year’s figures dropped to 18 points from 63, including eleven defeats. A win over Teruel—currently second from bottom and still without a win—would set up the next test on the road, after the six-win run Natxo González’s team recorded in the second half of the season.