Real Madrid vs Osasuna Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th October 2023

Real Madrid are the massive favourites on Sunday in a La Liga round nine match against Osasuna at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu this coming Saturday.

Real Madrid enjoy the view from the top of the table with 21 points after eight matches. Osasuna find themselves positioned as number 9 in the La Liga with ten points following eight rounds.

Top side Real Madrid will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Osasuna on Saturday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say this coming Saturday.

Real Madrid average 1.9 goals per game in their last ten games, scoring 19 times. They conceded eight goals or an average of 0.8 per game, with four clean sheets along the way.

Osasuna scored 12 goals, conceded 13 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last time these two teams squared up, Real Madrid ran out 0-2 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid vs Osasuna Prediction

Real Madrid Form

In their last three outings, Real Madrid won 2-0 against Las Palmas, beat Girona by 0-3 and hammered SSC Napoli 2-3. Real Madrid have been in potent form at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, winning no less than five of the past six La Liga matches here. They remained without defeat, as they drew once, hammered in ten goals while letting in four.

Osasuna Form

Osasuna claimed four points in their last three matches, starting by a 0-0 draw with Sevilla. A 0-2 defeat against Atletico Madrid was next up, before beating Deportivo Alaves by 0-2. In their last six La Liga away matches, Osasuna have three wins, they've drawn zero and lost one three. They scored nine while also conceding nine times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Real Madrid are far too strong to let a home win slip against Osasuna, but at the same time, we don't expect the visitors to get over-run. This makes us target the home win in a match with less than three goals.

Real Madrid have taken nine points from their last four games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of eight goals to four. Osasuna took three points from their last four games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won one, scored three goals and conceded seven. Real Madrid are looking at a record of seven wins, zero draws and one defeat in the La Liga this season. Osasuna only drew once so far this season after eight games played, in stead recording three wins and four defeats in the La Liga.

Real Madrid vs Osasuna Squads

Real Madrid Squad

The 64-year-old coach of the home team, Carlo Ancelotti, 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:

Andriy Lunin (0/2), Fran Gonzalez (0/0), Kepa Arrizabalaga (0/6), Thibaut Courtois (0/0), Antonio Rüdiger (0/8), Daniel Carvajal (0/6), David Alaba (0/7), Eder Militao (0/1), Ferland Mendy (0/2), Nacho Fernandez (0/6), Arda Guler (0/0), Aurelien Tchouameni (1/8), Brahim Diaz (1/6), Daniel Ceballos (0/2), Eduardo Camavinga (0/8), Federico Valverde (1/8), Francisco Garcia (0/7), Jude Bellingham (6/7), Luka Modric (0/6), Toni Kroos (1/8), Joselu (4/8), Lucas Vazquez (0/6), Rodrygo (1/8), Vinicius Junior (1/5).

Osasuna Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Osasuna head coach Arrasate will select from for his starting XI:

Aitor Fernandez (0/4), Sergio Herrera (0/5), Alejandro Catena (0/7), David Garcia (0/7), Jesus Areso (0/7), Jorge Herrando (0/2), Juan Cruz (0/6), Nacho Vidal (1/2), Unai Garcia (0/0), Aimar Oroz (1/8), Darko Brasanac (0/0), Iker Munoz (1/7), Johan Mojica (0/6), Jon Moncayola (0/6), Jose Arnaiz (1/6), Lucas Torro (0/5), Moi Gomez (1/4), Pablo Ibanez (0/6), Ante Budimir (2/8), Enrique Barja (0/5), Ezequiel Avila (1/6), Raul Garcia (0/7), Ruben Garcia (1/7), Ruben Pena (0/6).

Real Madrid vs Osasuna Team News

At the time of writing, Real Madrid have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Osasuna this coming Saturday. Nacho Fernandez gets a day off from the Real Madrid squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao and Thibaut Courtois are all absent from the Real Madrid squad that faces Osasuna at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Osasuna face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Saturday against Real Madrid.

Osasuna need to do without Unai Garcia, Jon Moncayola and Darko Brasanac, who are not fit enough to travel to Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid vs Osasuna Lineups

Real Madrid vs Osasuna H2H

Real Madrid ran out 0-2 winners the last time these two rivals played each other and are in pursuit of yet another three points this coming Saturday. Rest assured, the latter have their target aimed at getting one back. Real Madrid will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against Osasuna. They are enjoying a good 7-3-0 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/3.

Real Madrid vs Osasuna Results

In five of the previous ten matches between Real Madrid and Osasuna both teams scored.

Real Madrid 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 Real Madrid, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Joselu also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six La Liga matches.

Estadio Santiago Bernabeu witnessed Real Madrid winning eight times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing two and losing zero as well. Osasuna claimed three wins, one draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Real Madrid. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Osasuna.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Real Madrid managed an average of 2.2 goals, with Osasuna averaging 0.6 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Real Madrid performed an average of two goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Osasuna's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.