The league table in La Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Villarreal leading Osasuna by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
- Osasuna have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dinamo Zagreb.
Villarreal form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Villarreal have to build on here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the La Liga.
It's back home for Villarreal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dinamo Zagreb away with the result 1-0. Gerard Moreno found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Granada and winning 3-0.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Villarreal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Villarreal as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Dinamo Zagreb are visiting.
The Villarreal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. Villarreal have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Osasuna form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Osasuna so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Osasuna have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
The attacking players of Osasuna have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 373 minutes. 277 minutes! That's how long the Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera Piron and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Osasuna's last game was the home draw against Getafe (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Huesca that ended 0-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Osasuna when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by Osasuna in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Osasuna - Villarreal 1-3 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Villarreal won six games, one match ended with a draw and Osasuna has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Balaguero 19 goals |   A. Budimir 6 goals |  F. Alcácer García 5 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Osasuna missing players
| Villarreal | Osasuna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 42 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 35 |
| 86% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 86% | 93% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 52% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 21% | 28% |
| 28% | 14% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 66% | 79% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 24% | 14% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 34% |
| 24% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.6 | 8.8 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 36% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 23% | 29% |
- Osasuna have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga
| 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 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 32 | 66 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 44 | 65 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 28 | 63 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 58 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 46 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 46 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 46 |
| 8 | Celta de Vigo | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -6 | 37 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 10 | Granada | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -15 | 36 |
| 11 | Levante | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Valencia | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Cádiz | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -19 | 32 |
| 14 | Osasuna | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 31 |
| 15 | Getafe | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 27 |
| 17 | Elche | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 26 |
| 18 | Huesca | 29 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -16 | 24 |
| 19 | SD Eibar | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 20 | Deportivo Alavés | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -23 | 23 |