Levante will continue with the attempts to escape the foot of the La Liga this weekend when they host to Levante at Estadio El Sadar in the 29th round of the campaign. Match kickoff schedules for 19th March 2022 at 20:30 EAT.
Osasuna currently sits in the 11th place with35 points picked up from nine wins against 11 losses and eight draws. Osasuna’s success this season has been built on a strong away record, with the club picking up 20 points from 14 matches, which is the sixth-best away record in Spain’s top flight this term. In their last five matches they have three losses and three wins.
Osasuna heads into this fixture off the back off 4-0 La Liga loss to Barcelona in their last fixture. In that game, Osasuna managed 28% possession and four shots with three of them on target. The opponents, Barcelona got 24 shots with nine of them on target and goals by Ferrán Torres (14′, 21′), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (27′) and Riqui Puig (75′).
Levante in opposition is rooted at the bottom of the table in the 20th spot with 19 points, which leaves them at the risk of dropping to the second tier. The team’s campaign so far is made of just three wins against 15 losses and 10 draws. Levante also have the second-worst away form in La Liga this season, picking up only six points from 13 matches, conceding 33 times in the process, which is the worst record in the division.
Granotes shared spoils 1-1 Espanyol in their last La Liga match. In that game, Levante had 56% possession, 14 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Dani Gómez (80′). Espanyol got six shots with only one of them on target and a goal by Javi Puado (50′).
Osasuna vs Levante head to head
The host has a slightly better record playing against the visitors in the 25 head to head meetings since 1997. Osasuna claims 12 wins, Levante 10 wins and three matches ended in stalemate.
- Levante 0-0 Osasuna 5/12/21
- Levante 0-1 Osasuna 14/02/21
- Osasuna 1-3 Levante 27/09/20
- Osasuna 2-0 Levante 24/01/20
- Levante 1-1 Osasuna 29/09/19
Home
- Barcelona 4-0 Osasuna
- Osasuna 1-0 Villarreal
- Real Sociedad 1-0 Osasuna
- Osasuna 0-3 Atletico
- Vallecano 0-3 Osasuna
Away
- Levante1-1 Espanyol
- Bilbao 3-1 Levante
- Levante 3-0 Elche
- Celta Vigo 1-1 Levante
- Atletico 0-1 Levante
Osasuna team news
Jesus Areso remains unavailable for Jagoba Arrasate’s selection due to a wrist problem.
Levante team news
Alessio Lisci’s willtake the pitch without Carlos Clerc, Jose Luis Morales, Shkodran Mustafi, Oscar Duarte and Jorge de Frutos who are sidelined with injuries.
Prediction and odds
Levante have only been victorious once on their travels in the league this term while Osasuna’s home record is one of the worst in Spain’s top flight in 2021-22, though, so we therefore predict a low-scoring draw here.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
