Julián Calero delivers Oviedo’s best start with 17 points

Julián Calero’s Real Oviedo record their best start in points since returning to professional football: 17 from 10 games after beating Ceuta, as reported by MARCA. That tally tops all their previous campaigns in this stage and places the side above recent benchmarks.

The closest reference in the article is the Oviedo that earned promotion back to LaLiga. Javi Calleja’s team reached the tenth matchday with 16 points after drawing in Málaga in 2024-25; Calero improves it by one. It also edges past the 15-point starts of 2018-19 and 2015-16, when Sergio Egea and Juan Antonio Anquela guided their squads at this exact point.

How Oviedo arrive in October

Despite the points, the standings put context on it: Oviedo are eighth, a single point behind sixth and six points off second. The piece underlines how much the first stretch matters: in 2019-20 they were bottom at this stage with seven points, and in 2022-23 they were 19th with ten.

Calero’s Burgos background offers two different models. In 2021-22, Burgos were 17th with ten; in 2022-23 they hit this same checkpoint in third with 18 and remained unbeaten. This time, Oviedo’s five wins have brought them more “full rewards” than the Levante or Burgos sides mentioned in the comparison, even if there have also been matches left without points.