Alaves vs Osasuna Prediction & Betting Tips

Alaves will face off against visiting club Osasuna at Estadio Mendizorrotza in the La Liga game on Wednesday. Our tips, poll and stats for Alaves v Osasuna can all be found here (including the best match odds).

📏 Form Guide

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Alaves will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 6-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against Celta Vigo. In that match, Alaves had 27% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Celta de Vigo had 15 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Jeison Murillo (14'), Iago Aspas (20'), Rafinha (40', 41'), Nolito (78') and Santi Mina (86') scored for Celta Vigo.

It has been seldom in recent times where Alaves haven’t conceded. The facts show that Babazorros have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals during that time. That aside, we’ll just have to find out if the trend might continue on in this match or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Alaves:

• have not emerged victorious against CA Osasuna in their previous 2 league matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.

Osasuna LLWDLL

Following on from a loss in their previous game against Valencia in La Liga competition, Osasuna and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here. In that match, Osasuna managed 45% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Valencia CF had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Gonçalo Guedes (12') and Rodrigo Moreno (35') scored for Valencia.

The strike force from Osasuna have struggled for goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Los Rojillos have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 14.

Heading into this fixture, Osasuna are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 18/03/2015, both clubs have shared the honours with Alaves winning 3 of those games, Osasuna 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 from Babazorros and 8 coming from Los Rojillos. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was LaLiga match day 12 on 03/11/2019 and the score finished Osasuna 4-2 Alaves. In that match, Osasuna managed 58% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Rubén García (20'), Ezequiel Ávila (26'), Roberto Torres (45') and Juan Villar (55'). Alaves got 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Laguardia (27') and Lucas Pérez (51') scored. The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero.

📰 Team News: Alaves

Alaves manager Asier Garitano will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match with a fully healthy group available to select from.

We are thinking that Babazorros will possibly line up in a 4-4-2 formation in the match, handing starts to Fernando Pacheco, Ruben Duarte, Victor Laguardia, Rodrigo Ely, Ximo Navarro, Édgar Méndez, Víctor Camarasa, Tomas Pina, Borja Sainz, Joselu and Lucas Pérez Martínez.

📰 Team News: Osasuna

Osasuna boss Jagoba Arrasate has a number of players out of action. Kike Barja (Muscle Injury), Robert Ibáñez (Gastric problems) and Chimy Ávila (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Los Rojillos will likely begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup, starting Ruben Martinez, Nacho Vidal, David García, Unai Garcia, Pervis Estupiñán, Roberto Torres Morales, Oier, Darko Brasanac, Rubén García, Marc Cardona and Adrian.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Osasuna will have to work hard as a team to score goals against this Alaves side who we reckon will win and very possibly keep a clean sheet. We’re going for a hard-fought 1-0 winning score for Alaves after 90 minutes. We’ll see what happens.

Victor Martins, 23:09 19/06/2020