Athletic Club vs Osasuna Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th May 2024

Athletic Club take on Osasuna this coming Saturday at San Mames with both fighting to improve on their current position at either end of the La Liga standings.

Ranked as number 5 in the La Liga standings, Athletic Club, have so far collected 61 points this season, while Osasuna collected 39 points. This puts them up as number 13 after 34 rounds.

Athletic Club came away with three points from the latest encounter with Osasuna. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Saturday.

Athletic Club go into their next La Liga match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 12. That amounts to an average of 1.2 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Osasuna are currently not the most scoring team in the La Liga, as they only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. This is an average of just one goals a game in which they conceded 15 times, an average of 1.5 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

Osasuna were knocked out cold when Athletic Club took a 2-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 2-0 defeat, Osasuna handed out in the game before.

Athletic Club vs Osasuna Prediction

Athletic Club Form

Their last three matches saw Athletic Club drawing 1-1 with Granada, losing 3-1 against Atletico Madrid before beating Getafe by 0-2. Athletic Club claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored 11 and conceded four goals.

Osasuna Form

Osasuna were unable to pick up a single point in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 2-1 by Rayo Vallecano. Next up, Granada won 3-0, before losing 0-2 against Real Betis. Osasuna won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the La Liga. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and six scored.

You don't look for Athletic Club or Osasuna, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals this coming Saturday.

Athletic Club scored 31 goals and conceded five in their last 16 games against teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. They collected 38 points and 11 victories. Osasuna fought their way to one wins and four points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in 22 goals. Athletic Club are looking at a record of 17 wins, ten draws and seven defeats in the La Liga this season. Osasuna have a record of 11 wins, six draws and 17 defeats in the La Liga.

Athletic Club vs Osasuna Squads

Athletic Club Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Ernesto Valverde, will select the lineup against Osasuna from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/1), Unai Simon (0/33), Aitor Paredes (1/32), Daniel Vivian (0/30), Hugo Rincon (0/0), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/7), Inigo Lekue (0/24), Oscar de Marcos (1/26), Yeray Alvarez (0/16), Yuri Berchiche (3/24), Ander Herrera (0/21), Benat Prados (0/23), Dani Garcia (1/15), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/26), Mikel Jauregizar (0/5), Mikel Vesga (3/25), Oihan Sancet (4/30), Raul Garcia (0/16), Unai Gomez (2/22), Alex Berenguer (6/31), Asier Villalibre (1/14), Gorka Guruzeta (14/32), Iker Muniain (1/18), Inaki Williams (11/31), Malcom Ares (0/10), Nico Williams (4/28).

Osasuna Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Osasuna players that the manager Jagoba Arrasate will choose from for the upcoming game:

Aitor Fernandez (0/5), Dimitrios Stamatakis (0/0), Pablo Valencia (0/0), Sergio Herrera (0/30), Alejandro Catena (1/26), David Garcia (0/27), Jesus Areso (1/33), Jorge Herrando (0/15), Juan Cruz (0/24), Unai Garcia (1/9), Aimar Oroz (1/29), Iker Munoz (4/24), Johan Mojica (0/26), Jon Moncayola (0/30), Jose Arnaiz (2/23), Lucas Torro (0/24), Moi Gomez (3/26), Pablo Ibanez (1/30), Ante Budimir (16/31), Enrique Barja (0/16), Raul Garcia (3/31), Ruben Garcia (2/26), Ruben Pena (0/25).

Athletic Club vs Osasuna Team News

Athletic Club might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Osasuna. Aitor Paredes and Yeray Alvarez can't be called up by the Athletic Club-manager, with both serving a ban.

Sidelined with an injury, Athletic Club can't field Nico Williams on Saturday against Osasuna.

At the time of writing, Osasuna just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Saturday. Jon Moncayola is suspended from the Osasuna squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Jose Arnaiz won't be travelling with Osasuna this time, as he nurses an injury.

Athletic Club vs Osasuna Lineups

Athletic Club vs Osasuna H2H

Athletic Club beat Osasuna by 2-0 in their most recent match, while Osasuna claimed a 2-0 win in the match prior to that. Athletic Club have been slightly more successful than Osasuna in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Athletic Club has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2/5.

Athletic Club vs Osasuna Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Osasuna come visiting Athletic Club. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 8/13 with the bookies.

Athletic Club vs Osasuna Betting Tips

Ante Budimir shows decent form right now for Osasuna, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the La Liga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Athletic Club, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Gorka Guruzeta also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six La Liga matches.

Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at San Mames, Athletic Club won six and drew four. Osasuna won three of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew two and lost five. Athletic Club kept visitors at San Mames from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Osasuna have been able to keep a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Athletic Club and Osasuna as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Athletic Club scored an average of 1.3 goals a game, with Osasuna averaging 0.9 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Athletic Club, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Osasuna, who managed to score one time in those matches.