Espanyol vs Osasuna Match Analysis and Prediction

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Espanyol will be playing host to Osasuna at the RCDE Stadium on Sunday, with both sides hoping to get back to winning ways in La Liga.

Having lost thee games in a row, they hosts have slipped down to 14th spot, while a defeat and a draw in their last two matches has seen Osasuna drop to ninth.

Vicente Moreno’s side were promoted to Spanish top flight las season, and have enjoyed an impressive campaign for the most part in La Liga, consistently finding themselves in and around the top half until the end of last year.

However, Espanyol has since taken a sharp dip, as they have now picked up just 13 points from 15 league games since the turn of the year, with their most recent victory coming against Celta Vigo in mid-April.

The Parakeets’ most recently faced Real Madrid, who needed a win to secure the league title, and they were defeated as Rodrygo hit a brace alongside strikes from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema in a dominating home display from Los Blancos.

On the other hand, Osasuna are also looking to return to winning ways, having recently dropped behind the race for a top-eight finish.

Los Rojillos have enjoyed an impressive league campaign, and back-to-back wins over Valencia and Alaves in April put them level on points with eighth-placed Athletic Bilbao with six games to go.

They then had to take on Real Madrid at home and lost 3-1, despite Ante Budimir restoring parity early in the game, as Asensio restored the visitors’ advantage and Lucas Vazquez secured the win with a 96th-minute goal.

Osasuna travelled to Elche last time out looking to bounce back from that defeat, and Budimir’s goal seemed to have made the difference, but Pere Milla levelled in the 84th minute to settle for a draw.

Espanyol vs Osasuna head to head

The two teams have previously met on 34 occasions, where Osasuna have claimed 16 victories while Espanyol have won 11, and they have drawn in seven. Osasuna have scored 43 goals and conceded 35 in the process. In their last five meetings, Osasuna have won three, Espanyol one with one draw.

Espanyol 3-0 Osasuna 26/02/17

Espanyol 2-4 Osasuna 01/12/19

Osasuna 1-0 Espanyol 08/03/20

Espanyol 0-2 Osasuna 17/01/21

Osasuna 0-0 Espanyol 14/08/21

Espanyol latest home form

Espanyol lost their last home game 1-0 to Rayo Vallecano in the league. However, they have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their previous five matches. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded just two.

Espanyol 1-1 Sevilla 20/02/22

Espanyol 2-0 Getafe 05/03/22

Espanyol 1-0 Mallorca 20/03/22

Espanyol 1-0 Celta Vigo 10/04/22

Espanyol 0-1 Rayo Vallecano 21/04/22

Espanyol latest away form

Espanyol have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having lost each of their three most recent matches. In their last away game, they were defeated 4-0 by Real Madrid in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded 13.

Villarreal 5-1 Espanyol 27/02/22

Levante 1-1 Espanyol 12/03/22

Real Sociedad 1-0 Espanyol 04/04/22

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Espanyol 17/04/22

Real Madrid 4-0 Espanyol 30/04/22

Osasuna latest home form

Osasuna lost their last home game 1-3 to Real Madrid in the league. However, they have recently been on a good run of form at home, having lost each of their three matches prior to that defeat. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded seven.

Osasuna 0-3 Atletico Madrid 19/02/22

Osasuna 1-0 Villarreal 05/03/22

Osasuna 3-1 Levante 19/03/22

Osasuna 1-0 Alaves 10/04/22

Osasuna 1-3 Real Madrid 20/04/22

Osasuna latest away form

Osasuna have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. In their last away game, they drew 1-1 with Elche in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded 11.

Real Sociedad 1-0 Osasuna 27/02/22

Barcelona 4-0 Osasuna 13/03/22

Real Betis 4-1 Osasuna 03/04/22

Valencia 1-2 Osasuna 16/04/22

Elche 1-1 Osasuna 01/05/22

Espanyol news

Espanyol are set to be without Keida Bare and Oscar Gil due to injuries after they missed out in the game against Real Madrid.

Raul de Tomas should lead the line again, with Sergi Darder being another important feature of their attack, and should again play just off the front line.

Osasuna news

Ante Budimir has scored in each of the last six games to take his tally to eight league goals for the season, and should start in the XI.

He will again be partnered by Ezequiel Avila, while the strong midfield unit of Lucas Torro, Darko Brasanac and Jon Moncayola will remain the same.

Prediction and Odds

Both sides aim to bounce back from their recent disappointing runs of form, and we are expecting tough contest on Sunday.

While Espanyol will want to put an end to their three-game winless run, we feel that Osasuna are in a slight advantage and we are backing them for an away win.

Odds: 1 2.62 X 2.05 2 2.15