Osasuna vs Athletic Club Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st December 2024

Osasuna enjoy home advantage, when visitors Athletic Club swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the LaLiga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed eightth in the table Osasuna have amassed 25 points after 17 matches. On 33 points, Athletic Club rank fourth with 17 matches played this season.

The match this coming Saturday has all the makings of a tight battle as Osasuna and Athletic Club look to bag a crucial win in the process.

Osasuna go into their next LaLiga match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 14. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Athletic Club managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded eight goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 0.8 goals an average per game.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Saturday.

Osasuna vs Athletic Club Prediction

Osasuna Form

The Osasuna team look in good shape before their match against Athletic Club, as they seek to remain unbeaten. Firstly, they beat AD Ceuta FC 2-3, then they held Deportivo Alaves to a 2-2 draw. Their last outing resulted in a hard fought 0-0 draw Espanyol. Osasuna won three of their previous six matches at Estadio El Sadar in the LaLiga. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring 12 goals to nine against.

Athletic Club Form

In their three most recent outings, Athletic Club won 2-0 and 0-2 against Villarreal and Fenerbahce, before drawing 1-1 against Deportivo Alaves. In their last six away matches in the LaLiga, Athletic Club won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying five goals conceded and seven scored.

With the results that Athletic Club have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Osasuna at Estadio El Sadar.

Osasuna have taken ten points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of ten goals to 14. Athletic Club won three of their last eight matches against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table, scoring eight and conceding seven goals. They collected 11 points from these. Osasuna have a record of six wins, seven draws and four defeats in the LaLiga this season. Athletic Club have a record of nine wins, six draws and three defeats in the LaLiga.

Osasuna vs Athletic Club Squads

Osasuna Squad

Vicente Moreno will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Athletic Club from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Aitor Fernandez (0/0), Sergio Herrera (0/17), Alejandro Catena (0/16), Diego Moreno (0/0), Enzo Boyomo (1/17), Jesus Areso (0/16), Jorge Herrando (0/6), Juan Cruz (0/10), Nacho Vidal (0/5), Ruben Pena (0/14), Unai Garcia (0/0), Abel Bretones (2/16), Aimar Oroz (1/17), Iker Munoz (0/7), Javi Martinez (0/1), Jon Moncayola (0/15), Lucas Torro (2/16), Pablo Ibanez (0/13), Ante Budimir (10/17), Bryan Zaragoza (1/15), Enrique Barja (0/2), Iker Benito (0/2), Jose Arnaiz (0/4), Moi Gomez (0/13), Raul Garcia (1/16), Ruben Garcia (2/16).

Athletic Club Squad

Below is the full team squad of Athletic Club. The manager Valverde will pick his starting XI against Osasuna from these players:

Alex Padilla (0/5), Julen Agirrezabala (0/14), Oier Gastesi (0/0), Unai Simon (0/1), Aitor Paredes (2/11), Andoni Gorosabel (0/6), Daniel Vivian (2/15), Inigo Lekue (0/7), Oscar de Marcos (0/14), Unai Nunez (0/3), Yeray Alvarez (0/9), Yuri Berchiche (0/15), Ander Herrera (0/8), Benat Prados (1/14), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (0/14), Mikel Jauregizar (1/15), Mikel Vesga (0/11), Nico Williams (1/16), Oihan Sancet (7/15), Unai Gomez (1/17), Adama Boiro (0/7), Alex Berenguer (3/17), Alvaro Djalo (1/12), Gorka Guruzeta (4/17), Inaki Williams (4/17), Javier Marton (0/0), Nico Serrano (0/3).

Osasuna vs Athletic Club Team News

Osasuna have an almost full squad available against Athletic Club at Estadio El Sadar with only one player possibly missing. Lucas Torro gets a day off from the Osasuna squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Osasuna vs Athletic Club Lineups

Osasuna vs Athletic Club H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Saturday. Osasuna have a 30% win rate against Athletic Club, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 3-3-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Osasuna vs Athletic Club Results

Both teams to score only came out four times in the previous ten games between Athletic Club and Osasuna. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 4/5 with the bookies.

Osasuna vs Athletic Club Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Oihan Sancet has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because Athletic Club bank on him to build on these numbers against Osasuna. The latter relies on Ante Budimir, who found the target five times in six games.

Osasuna claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing two. Athletic Club won five of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost one of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Osasuna on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Athletic Club''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Osasuna and Athletic Club as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Osasuna scored an average of one goal a game, with Athletic Club averaging 1.3 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Osasuna’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Athletic Club's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.