In this week 16 match on the 9th of January, Osasuna and Athletic Club will play a match in Bilbao in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Athletic Club sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-1 blowout win against Eldense. Williams Arthuer struck first for Athletic Club in the 35th minute, then Alex Berenguer added another in the 41st minute. Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while osasuna is fresh off their 2-1 win against Gimnàstic Tarragona. Kike struck first for Osasuna in the 16th minute, but Fernandez Blanco got the equalizer for Gimnàstic Tarragona in the 78th minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Osasuna should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Athletic Club won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Osasuna’s most prolific scorer has been Kike. The Spanish attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Both Gorka Guruzeta and Raúl García have been the hottest scorers for Athletic Club in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Ander Herrera and Dani García are unavailable to play for Ernesto Valverde Tejedor’s team, while Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo’s Osasuna squad will be without Nacho Vidal and Kike Saverio.