On Saturday Jan 14th, Osasuna hosts Mallorca at Estadio El Sadar in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Osasuna recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Athletic Club. Neither Athletic Club nor Osasuna could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 1 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Osasuna is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while mallorca is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Real Valladolid. Abdón Prats struck first for Mallorca in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Pablo Maffeo, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Real Valladolid couldn’t muster any offence and Mallorca ran away with the shutout win. Mallorca is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses 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 1 win each.
Mallorca’s most prolific scorer has been Abdón Prats. The Spanish attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Osasuna’s most prolific scorer has been Kike. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Unai García and Nacho Vidal are unavailable to play for Osasuna, while Mallorca will be without Martin Valjent and Josep Antoni Gaya Martinez.