LaLiga Action at the Estadio El Sadar – Osasuna face R Madrid

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RMA to take their top place form to Osasuna, in Wednesday’s 9:30pm GMT fixture at the Estadio El Sadar.

Champion’s League hopefuls RMA, travel to Osasuna on Wednesday, as first takes on ninth in the League.

Osasuna’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 44 points this season

Osasuna will be full of confidence, going into this fixture on that back of two successive wins against Valencia and Alaves. They will need this if they are to retain their run.

Also, They currently stand ninth in the League, with 44 points for a total of 12 wins, 12 losses and 8 draws having won 12 matches, drawn eight fixtures, and lost 12 meetings.

Osasuna have won five matches, drawn six meetings, and lost five fixtures of their 16 League matches at home this season.

Osasuna will have 47 points if they manage to secure a victory.

It is likely that four key players will miss Wednesday’s fixture, which is something of a concern for Jagoba Arrasate and his Osasuna team.

Winning the LaLiga and securing a Champion’s League qualification is R Madrid’s focus

Carlo Ancelotti will hope that success brings further success, as his side look for another win in a row. Their last two outings resulted in victories against Seville and Getafe.

Also, League leaders RMA keep finding ways to win, having secured 15 victories in their last 20 meetings is astonishing this season, a rich vein of form that has drastically improved their LaLiga position. They are the current League leaders with 75 points, that is, 23 wins, 3 losses and 6 draws having won 23 games, drawn six matches, and lost three fixtures.

RMA will travel to Osasuna with a win record on the road that is quite unremarkable, with 12 victories, two darts, and two defeats.

R Madrid will want to keep the pressure on their rivals as they sit at the top of the table, a win will take them to 78 points and keep their momentum going forward.

Good atacking and defensive team

So far, RMA’s defence has been outstanding, as they have conceded 28 goals. RMA will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (66). Their stand out attacking players have been Karim Benzema (8), Marco Asensio (3), and Luka Modric (2).

Carlo Ancelotti could be missing up to eight of their players through injury or illness for the game on Wednesday.

Osasuna v R Madrid – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the recent form between these two sides has seen RMA with a greater number of wins. In the last 39 meetings, they have enjoyed 25 wins, to Osasuna’s five victories. In addition, RMA are unbeaten in their twelve of the last 19 matches played against Osasuna. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was October 2021 and the score line ended up with a 0-0 draw.

Performance Report

For Osasuna, Ante Budimir scoredfour goals in 32 League matches so far, while Karim Benzema contributed witheight goals in 32 League games this LaLiga Season for RMA.

Other standout players for Osasuna are Ezequiel Avila and Kike Garcia with three goals and two goals respectively and for RMA are Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio with eight goals each.

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