Del Cerro Grande<\/a> (VAR) last matchday at Anoeta, the RFEF assigns Mart\u00ednez Munuera to a Bar\u00e7a match for the first time since February 2024, in the blaugrana victory against Alav\u00e9s (1-3) for matchday 23 of the 23\/24 season.<\/p> Last season, the 43-year-old referee did not officiate any official Bar\u00e7a matches, while he has not officiated Oviedo either upon their return to La Liga this season. The Valencian referee officiated 8 La Liga 25\/26 matches, two of them for Real Madrid (the 2-0 victory against Espanyol and the goalless draw against Rayo).<\/p>
How has Bar\u00e7a fared in matches officiated by Juan Mart\u00ednez Munuera?<\/h2> In total, Bar\u00e7a played 33 matches with Juan Mart\u00ednez Munuera as the main referee with a positive balance. The Catalans achieved 21 wins, 6 draws, and 6 losses with the referee who has been officiating in LaLiga since 2013\/14.<\/p>
Bar\u00e7a’s last loss in a match officiated by Mart\u00ednez Munuera was in the 2024 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong> final (4-1 against Real Madrid). As a home referee, the 43-year-old had not officiated a Bar\u00e7a match since October 22, 2023, in the Catalan team’s 1-0 victory against Athletic<\/strong><\/p> At Camp Nou, the Valencian referee’s last appearance was exactly one year prior, on October 23, 2022, in the thrashing against Athletic (4-0)<\/strong>. Oviedo, on the other hand, has never played with Mart\u00ednez Munuera as the main referee, with Sunday marking their first visit to Catalonia in 25 years.<\/p> Bar\u00e7a’s record in matches officiated by Juan Mart\u00ednez Munuera:<\/strong><\/p> Games<\/strong>: 33<\/li> \t Wins<\/strong>: 21<\/li> \t Draws<\/strong>: 6<\/li> \t Losses<\/strong>: 6<\/li> <\/ol> Bar\u00e7a must return to the winning path in LaLiga to maintain their lead at the top<\/h2> Against Oviedo, Barcelona will seek to return to winning ways in LaLiga, after the controversial defeat at Anoeta against Real Sociedad (2-1). This result brought Real Madrid to within 1 point of the lead, pending what happens on Saturday when the Whites visit Villarreal.<\/p>
In the first leg, Bar\u00e7a defeated Oviedo at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere (1-3) with goals from **Eric Garc\u00eda**, **Robert Lewandowski**, and **Ronald Araujo**, all in the second half to come back from Alberto Reina’s initial goal in the first half. The Asturians arrive as the bottom team in the league with just a couple of wins, 13 points, and 11 goals scored in 20 matchdays.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The RFEF confirmed Juan Mart\u00ednez Munuera as the main referee for Barcelona-Oviedo. Mario Melero L\u00f3pez will be in charge of VAR at the Spotify Camp Nou, for LaLiga Matchday 21 FC Barcelona faces Real Oviedo this Sunday, January 25th (4:15 PM CEST) for matchday 21 of LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26, with Juan Mart\u00ednez Munuera officiating. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":57094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,448],"tags":[78,190,95,194],"class_list":["post-57087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga","category-laliga-2","tag-fc-barcelona-vs-oviedo-news-matches-and-results","tag-referees","tag-rfef","tag-var"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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