Osasuna vs Granada Match Preview: Spanish Primera Liga

Granada travel to the Estadio El Sadar this Sunday evening to face Osasuna in a game where both sides will be hoping to get off to a flying start.

Both sides struggled in the Spanish Primera last season – Osasuna finished 16th, just three points above the relegation zone while Granada finished 15th, six points above the relegation zone.

So far in pre-season, Osasuna defeated Zaragoza 2:1, lost to Tenerife 2:1 and managed 3 draws while in Holland against Nijmegen, Heerenveen and Twente.

Granada have had a similar pre-season with 3 draws against Hercules, Villarreal and Almeria (all finished 1:1), a win against Jaen and a penalties loss against Belenenses.

Recent form:

Osasuna – W L D D D L L

Granada – L W D D D W L

Osasuna have won 1 in 7 while Granada have won 2 in 7.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 4 times in recent seasons and Granada come out on top (Osasuna won 1, Granada won 2, 1 Draw).

The last four meetings between these two sides finished 0:3, 1:2, 2:1 and 1:1

Bookmakers side with Osasuna in this tie.

Current betting odds: Osasuna (11/10) Draw (23/10) Granada (5/2)

Gamingtips Prediction – Osasuna 1:0 Granada

Osasuna won 7 of their home games last season and scored a total of 15 goals while conceding 14.

Granada scored 16 goals away from home last season and conceded a whopping 33 (they won 5 out of their 19 away games).

This game will ultimately come down to which team is better prepared for their 2013-2014 campaign.

Granada have the most recent form winning the last two meetings against Osasuna however they do have a horrendous record away from home hanging over them from last season (conceded 33 in 19 games).

From a betting perspective the only sensible bet is to side with Osasuna (11/10) in this tie based on Granada’s record of goals conceded away from home last year (33 goals in 19 games).

The Spanish Primera Liga table currently looks like this:

This game gets underway at 20:00 GMT+1.