On Saturday Nov 5th, Celta de Vigo will play host to Osasuna in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 16th placed Celta de Vigo is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Almería. Gabriel Veiga Novas struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 25th minute, then Lazaro tied it up for Almería in the 52nd minute on a feed from Léo Baptistão Finally they completed the comback victory in the 60th minute on a goal by Cesar de la Hoz Lopez to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 7th placed Osasuna, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Real Valladolid. Chimy Ávila scored the first goal for Osasuna in the 13th minute on a penalty shot, then Moi Gómez added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Aimar Oroz At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Valladolid couldn’t manage to score, and Osasuna took the shutout win. Osasuna is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Celta de Vigo won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Osasuna is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Darko Brašanac and Ante Budimir each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Celta de Vigo is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Iago Aspas and Óscar Rodríguez each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Hugo Mallo and Luca De La Torre are unavailable to play for Celta de Vigo, while Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo’s Osasuna squad will be without Sergio Herrera, Kike Saverio and Abde Ezzalzouli.