Real Madrid vs Osasuna Predictions

The Santiago Bernabeu will host a meeting between two of La Liga’s remaining undefeated teams this Wednesday evening. Osasuna will travel to Madrid in an attempt to keep their unbeaten start alive vs Los Blancos.

Needless to say, there are obvious differences in quality between these two sides. Despite this, we feel that Osasuna can compete with Madrid, and make a game of this.

Madrid have been experiencing a lot of injuries of late. The latest players to occupy Madrid’s medical room are Isco, Modric and Marcelo. All three of these senior first-team players are unlikely to feature in this game.

On top of Madrid’s injury list, Zidane is likely to rest members of his first-team following a hectic week. Los Blancos travelled to Paris for last Wednesday’s Champions League group stage fixture. At the weekend, Zidane’s team travelled to Sevilla for a crucial La Liga fixture.

After a big week of football, Zidane may decide to rest big players for Wednesday’s home game vs Osasuna. This could increase Osasuna’s chances of getting a result from this game.

Osasuna have drawn their last 4 league games. The newly promoted side will be delighted with their unbeaten start. However, poor finishing has cost them even more points.

Osasuna have an xG of 7.78, which is 3.78 higher than their actual goals scored tally of 4. This is the largest difference between xG and goals scored in La Liga. Osasuna have been successful at creating quality chances in La Liga. Poor finishing has ultimately cost them an even better start to the campaign.

However, this is encouraging. Osasuna statistically should manage to carve out one or two decent chances vs Madrid. Madrid will likely dominate the game. However, Osasuna are a good team without the ball, and excel at attacking down the wings, on the counter.

Madrid have scored in all of their league games this season. However, for all of Madrid’s attacking quality, they have been prone to getting caught on the break this season. They’ve managed just one clean sheet this season, which came at the weekend versus a Sevilla side struggling for goals.

We feel that Osasuna will have opportunities in this game. There is a good possibility of both teams scoring in this game.

Ultimately, we feel that Osasuna’s unbeaten run will likely come to an end in Madrid. We feel that Madrid, currently tied at the top of the table, will have too much quality in attack to not outscore Osasuna.

History is not on Osasuna’s side either. Madrid have won their last 10 home matches vs Osasuna in all competitions. On top of that, they have scored at least 2 goals vs Osasuna in their last 7 games in all competitions.

Madrid have scored an average of 2 goals per game in La Liga this season. We feel that they will score 2 vs Osasuna on Wednesday to seal a victory and that a 2-1 victory is worth a look.