In this week 10 match on the 20th of October, Osasuna plays host to Espanyol in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Osasuna is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Valencia. Justin Kluivert scored the first goal for Valencia in the 28th minute, then Mouctar Diakhaby added another in the 54th minute. Osasuna is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Espanyol recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Real Valladolid. Joselu scored the first goal for Espanyol in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Valladolid couldn’t manage to score, and Espanyol took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Espanyol and Osasuna last played eachother at the Rcde Stadium on Sunday Jan 17th. Osasuna won by a score of 2 to 0. Javier Martinez Calvo scored the first goal for Osasuna in the 9th minute, then Kike Barja added another in the 29th minute In the end, Espanyol couldn’t muster any offence and Osasuna ran away with the shutout win.
Espanyol is fortunate enough to have Joselu in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Rubén García and Aimar Oroz are the top scorers for Osasuna in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Unai García, David García and Kike Saverio are unavailable to play for Osasuna, while Adrià Pedrosa is unavailable to play for Diego Martínez Penas’s team.