Week 19 brings us a match on Jan 29th where Osasuna plays host to Atlético Madrid in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 7th placed Osasuna, recorded a 2-1 win against Sevilla. Chimy Ávila struck first for Osasuna in the 71st minute, but Youssef En-Nesyri got the equalizer for Sevilla in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time. Osasuna is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Madrid is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Real Valladolid. Morata struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 18th minute, then Antoine Griezmann added another in the 23rd minute on a feed from Nahuel Molina In the end, Real Valladolid couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético Madrid ran away with the shutout win. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Atlético Madrid won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Llorente and Morata have been the hottest scorers for Atlético Madrid in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Osasuna’s top weapon lately has been Chimy Ávila, who has two goals in the last five matches
Osasuna will be without Nacho Vidal, while Diego Pablo Simeone’s squad will be without José Giménez and Yannick Carrasco.