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Osasuna and Málaga meet at Estadio El Sadar in a match for the 20th round of the Primera Division. The two teams tied (1-1) on 19-08-2016 the last time they faced each other in this league edition. The history of direct matches played at this stage favors the visiting team, who in the last 4 matches won 1 and drew 3. Indeed, in the last match in this stadium, in a Primera Division match on 10-03-2014, Málaga only managed to win , By (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by Samu (14 ‘) and N. Amrabat (66’) for Malaga. Special attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Osasuna
The home team is currently in 19th place with 10 points earned after 1 win, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In the penultimate match, he drew away for Granada by (1-1). In the last match, lost at home to Sevilla by (3-4). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 27 conceded, against 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 Defeats at home, with 17 goals scored and 31 conceded. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Osasuna have had 3 draws and 7 losses, having won 3 points out of 30.
In this competition, you have not won in your stadium for 10 matches. The team has not been very strong defensively, as it has always suffered goals in the last 10 games that played in this competition. This is a team that scored few times first and only managed to open the scoring in 4 of their last 19 games for the Primera Division, of these 4 reached the interval in a lead in 2 but never managed to maintain the lead until the end of the 90 ‘. In 19 games in this competition, only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 14 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 home games in this competition: he suffered 8 of his 22 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Osasuna enter this unmotivated round after a 3-4 home defeat at the Sevilla side. The greatest quality of the home team is in their ability to drive their offensive attacks through quick transitions. It is worth noting that from the defensive point of view, the difficulties increase when the opposing team attacks through the sides. The Spanish Oriol Riera is the player responsible for putting the opponent’s defense on alert, and its highest quality is finalization. The coach of the house will not be able to count on Javi Flaño, Digard, Miguel Flaño and Nauzet Pérez for being injured.
Malaga
The visiting team is currently in 14th place with 21 points, after 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Real Sociedad by (0-2). In the last match, lost out to Real Madrid by (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when playing with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with a total of 16 goals scored and 25 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, with a total of 35 goals scored and 20 conceded. In the championship, Malaga won 4 points in 30 chances, after 4 draws and 6 losses in the last 10 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, he has recorded a 4-game losing streak in recent games and has not won any of the last 10 games outside his home stadium. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 1-0 (5 out of 10 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. This is a team that scores a few times first: it only opened the scoring in 4 of its last 19 games for the Primera Division, of those 4 it reached the interval in advantage in 2 and won in the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 19 games in this competition , Suffered the first goal 14 times and only managed 4 turns on the scoreboard. There are 2 periods in the last 10 games played as a visitor to this competition: he scored 4 of his 10 goals between the minutes (61’-75 ‘) and 4 of his 10 between (76′-90’).
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.33