Villareal CF lock horns with visitors, CA Osasuna on their match on October 18, 2022, at 3:00 AM (GMT+8). Villareal will finally be able to breathe as their injured stars are set to return on their match against Osasuna. Osasuna on the other hand looks to work on their consistency as a team. As both clubs coming into this match from in a not-so-good results, both are seeking to go back to winning ways. These two teams are just next to each other when it comes to the league table, winner gets to have a more chances in the tournament.
These two teams played 35 matches in total with Villareal having a slight edge against Osasuna. The hosts won 15 of their 35 matches compared to the visitor’s 13 wins, while the rest remains in draw. Villareal is looking to end their losing streak against Osasuna at home in La Liga. Moreover, the hosts are currently winless in their last four matches in the tournament, where they failed to score a goal in three of those. On the other hand, for the visitors, after four victories in their first five matches, they became winless in their last three matches in the league. On these last three matches, they kept clean sheets in all these games.
Villareal CF
This club is currently at the ninth place of the league table. Despite being at the middle of the standings, this team still battles for confidence which they do not have. Luckily for this squad, they won against Austria Wien on their last fixture. They can gain confidence from this result, and look to get the same result in this fixture. Ahead of this game, there are many areas this club needs to focus on. They have plenty of work ahead of them, and they must start on making their other players step up.
Pau Torres, Yeremi Pino, Etienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, and Alfonso Pedraza, will all return in this match. However, following their return is the absence of Francis Coqueline who sustained a calf problem. He is expected to return on the first week of November. Gerard Moreno and Juan Foyth are both doubtful for Villareal.
CA Osasuna
The visitors on the other hand is just above the hosts in the league table, battling for inconsistency this season. They experienced a 2-1 defeat against Valencia last week, which is why they need to bounce back in this match. Just like their opponent, Osasuna needs to address issues in their squad to be able to get their groove going in this league. From their last three matches, they only gained one point where they scored their last victory last September 12. However, they recorded draw against Real Madrid at the beginning of the month.
Unai Garcia and Ruben Pena are both absentees for this match as they are both suspended after receiving a red card on their match versus Valencia. Kike Saverio is also out because of a tendon injury but this squad have no fresh fitness issue for this match.
Prediction:
Villareal CF (2.5)
Odds: -0.99
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