La Liga duel: Close contest expected between Osasuna and Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Sadar (19800 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Osasuna fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Valencia.

Insights:
  • Osasuna have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Osasuna and Valencia.

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Osasuna form and stats

Overall La Liga stats at home this season for Osasuna are 5-5-6 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Villarreal and winning 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Osasuna perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Osasuna as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Osasuna has won four of these, drawn six and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Osasuna as they are travelling to their away game against Celta de Vigo in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Osasuna here at Estadio El Sadar in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 16 games). 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Valencia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Valencia so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-9 (win-draw-lose).

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Real Sociedad.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Valencia playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were two Valencia wins, five draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Alavés in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Valencia as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Valencia have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Valencia - Osasuna 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Osasuna one win, three draws and Valencia six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
8 goals
OsasunaA. Budimir
A. Budimir
7 goals
ValenciaM. Gómez González
M. Gómez González
5 goals

Osasuna missing players

Valencia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Osasuna Valencia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 6 Played P 6 16 31
9 5 2 Won W 1 2 8
10 5 4 Drew D 1 5 11
12 6 0 Lost L 4 9 12
27 15 6 Scored S 5 15 39
36 19 3 Conceded C 8 26 44
84% 81% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
65% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 77%
29% 31% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 55%
23% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
39% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 65%
35% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 16%
42% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.3
5 3 1 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
9.1 8.3 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.6 10.5
2.8 2.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.5
31% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 27% 35%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Osasuna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Osasuna have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
4 Sevilla 31 20 4 7 46 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 16 9 3 4 23 16 21 64
5 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 34 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 14 49
6 Real Betis 31 14 6 11 42 45 16 8 4 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 48
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
9 Levante 31 9 11 11 38 44 16 5 7 4 22 24 15 4 4 7 16 20 -6 38
10 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
11 Osasuna 31 9 10 12 27 36 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 4 5 6 12 17 -9 37
12 Athletic Club 30 9 10 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 2 6 7 16 20 6 37
13 Cádiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 31 8 11 12 39 44 15 6 6 3 24 18 16 2 5 9 15 26 -5 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Deportivo Alavés 31 6 9 16 25 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -22 27
17 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
18 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 41 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -14 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 27 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 26
20 Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

Osasuna:
Valencia:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 31 21 7 3 57 20 16 12 3 1 35 9 15 9 4 2 22 11 37 70
2 Real Madrid 31 20 7 4 53 24 15 11 1 3 27 10 16 9 6 1 26 14 29 67
3 Barcelona 30 20 5 5 69 26 15 10 4 1 37 14 15 10 1 4 32 12 43 65
4 Sevilla 31 20 4 7 46 25 15 11 1 3 23 9 16 9 3 4 23 16 21 64
5 Villarreal 31 12 13 6 48 34 15 6 6 3 21 17 16 6 7 3 27 17 14 49
6 Real Betis 31 14 6 11 42 45 16 8 4 4 24 20 15 6 2 7 18 25 -3 48
7 Real Sociedad 31 12 11 8 48 33 16 6 6 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 22 14 15 47
8 Granada 30 11 6 13 36 50 15 8 3 4 20 19 15 3 3 9 16 31 -14 39
9 Levante 31 9 11 11 38 44 16 5 7 4 22 24 15 4 4 7 16 20 -6 38
10 Celta de Vigo 31 9 11 11 41 48 15 6 3 6 23 26 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 38
11 Osasuna 31 9 10 12 27 36 16 5 5 6 15 19 15 4 5 6 12 17 -9 37
12 Athletic Club 30 9 10 11 39 33 15 7 4 4 23 13 15 2 6 7 16 20 6 37
13 Cádiz 31 9 9 13 27 45 16 4 5 7 14 23 15 5 4 6 13 22 -18 36
14 Valencia 31 8 11 12 39 44 15 6 6 3 24 18 16 2 5 9 15 26 -5 35
15 Getafe 31 7 10 14 22 34 17 5 6 6 13 11 14 2 4 8 9 23 -12 31
16 Deportivo Alavés 31 6 9 16 25 47 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 4 9 12 27 -22 27
17 Huesca 31 5 12 14 31 46 15 3 6 6 15 19 16 2 6 8 16 27 -15 27
18 Real Valladolid 30 5 12 13 27 41 15 3 5 7 16 24 15 2 7 6 11 17 -14 27
19 Elche 31 5 11 15 27 48 14 3 7 4 14 19 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 26
20 Eibar 31 4 11 16 22 41 15 1 6 8 8 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -19 23

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.