In this 18th week match, on Sun Jan 22nd, Osasuna and Elche will play a match in Elche in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Elche recorded a 1-1 draw against Cádiz. Brian Ocampo struck first for Cádiz in the 7th minute, but Ezequiel Ponce got the equalizer for Elche in the 81st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Elche. Elche looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while osasuna sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Real Betis. William Carvalho scored the first goal for Real Betis in the 62nd minute, but David García got the equalizer for Osasuna in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time . Osasuna looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Osasuna is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Èric Montes and Kike each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Elche’s most prolific scorer has been Ezequiel Ponce. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Álex Collado, Pol Lirola, Josan and Nicolás Fernández Mercau are unavailable to play for Elche, while Nacho Vidal is unavailable to play for Osasuna.