Villarreal vs Osasuna Preview


Villarreal vs Osasuna

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Ciutat de Valencia

Date: 17th October 2022

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Osasuna will travel to the Estadi Ciutat de València this Monday to face Villarreal in the tenth round of the 2022/23 La Liga season.

After a positive outing in the Europa Conference League last Thursday, the hosts will be desperate for a more positive outing in the league where they are currently struggling.

Unai Emery’s men secured their progress through the Europa Conference League next round with a 1-0 away win against Austria Vienna on Thursday. They can now devote more energy and attention to trying to qualify domestically for 2023/24 European action.

They started the season strongly, but have endured a rough patch of form over their last four games where they have two draws and two losses.

Their last league outing was a 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad and took their points tally for the season to 12 points (W3, D3, L2). They currently sit inside the top half of the table but will be wishing for more, having sat in the top four early this season.

While they haven’t won any of their last three head-to-heads against Osasuna, they will come into this tie confident of getting a good result considering that they haven’t tasted defeat at home this season.

The visitors, like their hosts, also enjoyed a strong start to the season but their form has dropped in recent times and they come into this tie on the back of a 1-0 loss to Valencia.

That result took their points tally for the season to 13 points after eight games (W4, D1, L3) and also made it three league games without a win for Jagoba Arrasate’s side.

A lack of discipline has been one of the major reasons for their poor record in recent games as Osasuna have received four red cards in three matches (D1, L2).

Whilst they conceded just one goal with a man down in that time, it has affected their attacking play as they have to defend more often to get results. The eight goals they have scored so far are one of the fewest in the league and has to be improved upon if they want to qualify for a European spot next season.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

January 3, 2025
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
January 10, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 21:00 Celta Vigo
January 11, 2025
Alaves 14:00 Girona
Real Valladolid 16:15 Real Betis
Espanyol 18:30 Leganes
Sevilla 21:00 Valencia
January 12, 2025
Las Palmas 14:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Osasuna
January 13, 2025
Real Sociedad 21:00 Villarreal
January 17, 2025
Espanyol 21:00 Real Valladolid
January 18, 2025
Osasuna 14:00 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 16:15 Atlético de Madrid
Celta Vigo 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 21:00 Barcelona
January 19, 2025
Real Betis 14:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 16:15 Las Palmas
Valencia 18:30 Real Sociedad
Girona 21:00 Sevilla
January 20, 2025
Villarreal 21:00 Mallorca

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atlético de Madrid 18 12 5 1 33 12 +21 41
2 Real Madrid 18 12 4 2 41 18 +23 40
3 Barcelona 19 12 2 5 51 22 +29 38
4 Athletic Bilbao 19 10 6 3 29 17 +12 36
5 Villarreal 18 8 6 4 34 30 +4 30
6 Mallorca 19 9 3 7 19 21 -2 30
7 Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 16 13 +3 25
8 Girona 18 7 4 7 26 25 +1 25
9 Real Betis 18 6 7 5 21 22 -1 25
10 Osasuna 18 6 7 5 23 27 -4 25
11 Celta Vigo 18 7 3 8 27 28 -1 24
12 Rayo Vallecano 18 5 7 6 20 21 -1 22
13 Las Palmas 18 6 4 8 23 27 -4 22
14 Sevilla 18 6 4 8 20 27 -7 22
15 Leganes 18 4 6 8 17 28 -11 18
16 Alaves 18 4 5 9 21 30 -9 17
17 Getafe 18 3 7 8 11 15 -4 16
18 Espanyol 18 4 3 11 16 30 -14 15
19 Valencia 17 2 6 9 16 26 -10 12
20 Real Valladolid 18 3 3 12 12 37 -25 12

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