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Espanyol vs Osasuna Prediction & Betting tips
For the third game of Spanish football Sunday, we will travel to the RCDE Stadium where Espanyol will face Osasuna in-house. The last meeting between these teams was almost three years ago, at the time Espanyol was too strong for the visitors. What awaits us this Sunday?
Espanyol:
The performances of Espanyol in Europe and the performances of the Catalans in their own competition are a world of difference. Last Thursday, Los Pericos secured a group win in the Europa League after the 2-2 draw visiting Ferencvaros. Sergi Darder was able to help his team alongside in the absolute final second of a crazy final phase and so the Catalans can shift the focus to their own competition.
The blue and white formation is happy that they no longer have to worry about the result in the final round, because in La Liga the performances are still not great. With only nine points, the formation of Pablo MachÃn occupies the penultimate place of the ranking. The poor position is mainly due to the lack of determination for the goal, Espanyol being the least scoring team of the Primera Division. There is nobody in the selection who managed to score this competition more than once and so it is up to Jonathan Calleri this weekend to prove his worth in the absence of Facundo Ferreyra.
Osasuna:
Osasuna managed to secure promotion this year after a few seasons of absence at the highest level. Last week the unbeaten home status against Athletic Bilbao (1-2) came to an end, but the team with the seventeenth budget of the competition may be satisfied with the performance so far. The formation of Jagoba Arrasate has few goals and from a strong defensive base the club is able to make it difficult for any opponent.
This weekend, by the way, it will be puzzling for the coach of Los Rojillos, a day before the match is not yet known which players are fit enough to meet with Espanyol. Yet Arrasate is convinced that he has a good chance against the struggling opponent, although he acknowledges that the football of his team is not always good for the neutral viewer. With the result-oriented football, the club still manages to nestle nicely in eleventh place in the rankings, in the best case scenario, the Gorritxoak can even join the top seven.
Espanyol vs Osasuna head to head matches
26.02.17 LL Espanyol Osasuna 3 : 0
22.09.16 LL Osasuna Espanyol 1 : 2
11.05.14 LL Espanyol Osasuna 1 : 1
05.01.14 LL Osasuna Espanyol 1 : 0
07.04.13 LL Osasuna Espanyol 0 : 2