UD Almería lead the league and can make it eight wins vs Oviedo

UD Almería under García Pimienta head into the clash with Real Oviedo as league leaders after posting their best start in the club’s history: 24 points from ten league games.

The so-called “Pimienta effect” has already broken multiple club records. The team have surpassed every previous points tally at this stage, beating the 20 they reached in 2001/02, plus marks from 2003/04 and 2012/13. Offensively they’ve scored 20 goals in their first ten outings, equalling the best attacking start from 2012/13. Defensively they’ve conceded just seven, matching their top historical figures from 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2020/21.

Momentum is driven by results in sequence: the win in Zubieta has taken them to seven straight victories, matching the club’s best professional run set by Rubi in 2021/22. This Saturday at the UD Almería Stadium, they can make it a new eighth consecutive win. They’re also backing up the form with a near-impenetrable home record—five home games, five wins, a feat no other side has managed in the competition, according to MARCA.