In a weekend match in week 32, on Sat Apr 16th, Valencia will host Osasuna in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Valencia recorded a 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano. Carlos Soler struck first for Valencia in the 57th minute on a feed from Gonçalo Guedes, then Sergi Guardiola got the equalizer for Rayo Vallecano in the 83rd minute on a feed from Palazon Camacho earning Rayo Vallecano a comeback draw. Valencia is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while osasuna is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Deportivo Alavés. Ante Budimir struck first for Osasuna in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Deportivo Alavés couldn’t manage to score, and Osasuna took the shutout win. Osasuna is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sep 12th, Valencia was victorious by a score of 4 to 1 in front of a crowd of just over 15000 fans. Moncayola struck first for Osasuna in the 8th minute on a feed from Darko Brašanac, then in the 26th minute, Carlos Soler sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Maximiliano Gómez Finally they completed the comback in the 50th minute on a goal by Aridane to cap off a wild match.
Osasuna’s most prolific scorer has been Ante Budimir. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Both Gonçalo Guedes and Carlos Soler have been the hottest scorers for Valencia in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Gayá, Maximiliano Gómez, Mouctar Diakhaby, Gabriel Paulista, Jasper Cillessen, Thierry Correia, Toni Lato and Koindredi are unavailable to play for Valencia, while Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo’s Osasuna squad will be without Kike Barja and Cruz Armada.