Atlético Madrid - Osasuna predictions

Osasuna will have little to hope for against Atlético Madrid. The home charges are bursting with confidence and it would take a small miracle for the away team to take anything from this game.

If betting odds are anything to go on – and they are - Osasuna will likely get overrun by their opponents with little hope of winning. Considering how one-sided this matchup is, they may want to cut their losses and focus their energy elsewhere.

Atletico Madrid let a relatively straightforward victory slip through their fingers in the previous round. They were the favourites and leading at halftime, but their opponents Celta de Vigo equalised in time for a tied game.

Osasuna’s previous La Liga match ended in victory, though it was a close one. Top online bookmakers considered them to have the upper hand against Getafe going in. While the first half was inconclusive, they bagged a 2:1 home win.

With 9 goals in their previous 3 La Liga matches, Los Rojiblancos’s attacking players have been seeing a lot of success and top bookmakers online are backing them to continue the trend.

Osasuna are on a bit of a losing streak when it comes to away games. They’ve lost 4 of them consecutively.

The fact that they are favourites here presents a unique opportunity for Atletico to close the 8-point lead they need to topple the current table leaders. It’s still fairly early in the season, though, so tensions are high.

Though they’re in the upper part of the La Liga table, Osasuna are heading into dire straits on this Saturday. Moreover, we’re only at round 9 of this season’s competition. On the bright side, this also means that they have more than enough time to earn the 3 points needed for a Europa qualification, even if they lose this match.

We’ll have to go with last season’s results as a basis for head-to-head statistics and those were full of surprising results. Despite their current status as underdogs, Osasuna won a match in the previous season with a considerable advantage.

On Saturday, both teams will have a complete roster at their disposal, thanks to a lack of injuries or suspensions.

Despite the risks involved, the strongest prediction in terms of value is an HT/FT bet that the hosts will take lead in the second half. It’s as risky as you might expect, though the 4.87 odds offer a decent return.