The final match of the weekend in La Liga will be played on Monday the 29th of November as Osasuna meet Elche CF at the Estadio El Sadar. The hosts begin the weekend in 9th place on 19 points while the visitors are down in 18th place on 11 points.
Osasuna come into the match on the back of a 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid last weekend.
🏟️ Nuestro equipo está estrenando el césped híbrido de El Sadar. 🌱👌#OsasunaElche pic.twitter.com/Cv77P5YOh8— C. A. OSASUNA (@CAOsasuna) November 26, 2021
🏟️ Nuestro equipo está estrenando el césped híbrido de El Sadar. 🌱👌#OsasunaElche pic.twitter.com/Cv77P5YOh8
Just as it was beginning to look as though they had done enough to take a point from the defending champions, Atletico Madrid scored the winning goal with only 3 minutes remaining of the game. It was a blow for Osasuna who were searching for their first win in 5 matches.
The loss at Atletico Madrid means Osasuna have picked up only 2 points from the last 15 points available in the league. They have lost at Sevilla and at home against Real Sociedad plus been held to a draw by Granada at home and Real Madrid away.
The 0-0 draw at Real Madrid was Osasuna’s best result for some time.
Trends show Osasuna have managed just 1 win in their last 8 home league games and that came against Rayo Vallecano back at the beginning of October. Osasuna have been struggling for goals in recent fixtures and they have failed to find the back of the net in each of their last 4 La Liga matches.
Elche make the trip to the Estadio El Sadar having lost 3-0 at home against Real Betis last weekend. They fell behind after only 12 minutes of the game and quickly found themselves 3-0 down in what was a hugely disappointing opening 30 minutes of the match.
Real Betis had a player sent off in the 67th minute but Elche could not capitalise and failed to score a goal.
That result means Elche have failed to win any of their last 6 La Liga fixtures and have recorded only one victory in their last 10 games in the league. In fact, Elche have managed just 7 wins in their last 47 league games, which is a poor record.
Trends show Elche have failed to score more than a single goal in 6 of their last 7 away league matches.
Looking ahead to the team news and Osasuna will be without midfielder Lucas Torró who is suspended. Juan Manuel Perez is the only other player set to be unavailable for the hosts.
Elche have just one issue going into this game and Fidel is out with a muscle problem.
Osasuna will see this as being the match that gets them back to winning ways. However, they may find it difficult to break down Elche, who will be aiming to build on the 2 goals they scored at Real Mallorca in their previous away fixture.
This has the makings of being a close game, and it could end level with 1-1 a good prediction for the final score.