Osasuna vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting Tips

Osasuna vs Villarreal Intro

Two teams who have enjoyed good, but not great, seasons so far meet at Estadio El Sadar in the LaLiga. Both Osasuna and Villarreal will be looking for a win here to catapult them into the higher reaches of the table. The game is set for Sunday March 19, 2023 at 3:15 PM. Prior to round 26, Jagoba Arrasate was able to take the home team to the 8th place in the LaLiga table on 34 points. Quique Setien leads the opposing team, who currently sit in the 6th position, having taken 38 points. Osasuna and Villarreal head into the midway stage of the LaLiga season divided by 2 places and 4 points.

Osasuna vs Villarreal Form

Osasuna will look to turn things around after their loss to Valencia last time out – and to add to their 5 points from the last five games. That being said, Villarreal, following their last round draw with Real Betis, have now won 7 points from their last five matches on a form run of D,W,W,L,L. Osasuna desperately needs to be picking up more points at home – they have only managed to win 4 from the five most recent games. Villarreal have played fairly well away from home lately, picking up 7 points in five games.

Osasuna vs Villarreal H2H

Osasuna will be hoping that they can catch up a little with Villarreal’s record in this fixture. Currently Osasuna only have 13 wins compared to Villarreal’s 16, out of 36 total matches played. There have also been 7 draws. This fixture has tended to go Villarreal’s way. But the last six meetings have been evenly shared with Osasuna.

Osasuna vs Villarreal Analysis

Osasuna lost its previous game. Jagoba Arrasate’s men were facing Valencia in that game. At the end of the game, the final result was 0-1. On Sunday March 19, 2023, they will face Villarreal. While facing Valencia, Osasuna had 45% of ball possession. Looking at shots on goal, Osasuna, in its previous game, shot 7 times on target and in the same game, Jagoba Arrasate’s men gave up 8 shots. In their last game Villarreal claimed a draw. Real Betis was their last opponnent. When the referee called fulltime, the score was 1-1. In their match against Real Betis, Villarreal claimed 56% of the ball. Often punters look to shots on goal as a true guide of how a team performed. For Villarreal, a total of 13 shots were taken in attack with 5 shots conceded in the last game.

Osasuna vs Villarreal Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Osasuna and Villarreal we see that the bookmakers have Villarreal as favourites to get the win.