The two goals that Atletico Madrid conceded in the Estadio de Anoeta against Real Sociedad have condemned Jan Oblak to second place in the race for the Zamora trophy. Villarreal stopper Sergio Asenjo's heroics in the game against Real Betis ensured a clean sheet and the 27-year-old Spaniard finds himself atop the leaderboard at the expense of the Slovenian. Manu Garcia's late stunner for Alaves soured the opening fixture for the Rojiblancos but for the next three match days against Leganes, Celta Vigo and Sporting Gijon, Oblak was untorubled. It was not until a visit to the Camp Nou that his goal was breached again. After the game in Barcelona, the Slovenian shut out both Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia but has conceded a total of six goals since, which has seen him knocked off of his Zamora perch.
Those half-dozen strikes have seen Oblak's coefficient score rise to 0.73, behind Asenjo's 0.64, the latter conceding just seven goals in 11 LaLiga games during the current campaign. Last season, the Slovenian custodian let in just 18 goals in 38 league matches, a record that only Paco Liano of Deportivo had achieved before in the 1993/94 campaign, representing a coefficient of 0.47 goals per gameAfter the international break, Oblak has one of his biggest tests so far as Atleti take on Real Madrid in the derby so a clean sheet is a must to give him a chance to rise and challenge for the Zamora again.
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