Osasuna vs Espanyol: La Liga Prediction (19.05.2025)

On May 19, 2025, at 00:00 WIB, a La Liga match between Osasuna and Espanyol will take place. Bookmakers slightly favor the home side. Let’s take a look at the current form of both teams and provide our prediction for the game.

Osasuna

Los Rojillos are still in the race for a spot in the UEFA Conference League. However, they will need a flawless finish to the season to make it happen. The problem is that the team struggles with consistency. Osasuna tends to alternate between successful runs and poor stretches. The team also often plays open football with plenty of goals exchanged, especially in matches against weaker opponents where they can take the initiative.

Heading into the final stretch of the season, Osasuna’s squad situation is very favorable. Vicente Moreno can count on nearly all of his key players. Only Rubén García remains doubtful for the match.

Espanyol

Los Periquitos are stuck in the lower half of the standings and are fighting to maintain their place in the Spanish top flight. Like their upcoming opponent, Espanyol also lacks consistency. Sometimes they go on strong runs collecting points, and other times they fail to win several matches in a row.

That said, Espanyol has shown promise in certain games against top teams. For example, they have a 1–0 win over Real Madrid and a 1–1 draw against Atlético Madrid under their belt. However, most of their success has come at home. On the road, Espanyol has been far less convincing. In 18 away games this season, they’ve only won three times and rank among the bottom three teams for away points – just 12 from 18 matches.

Stats and head-to-head

Statistics from the last five head-to-head encounters show these matches are very competitive. Only one of them (in 2022) ended in a win for Osasuna with a narrow 1–0 scoreline. The other four matches all ended in draws. In none of those games did the teams score more than two goals in total.

Prediction

For the Osasuna vs Espanyol match, we predict that this time the teams will break the trend of low-scoring encounters. Espanyol lacks balanced play and often makes defensive errors, while Osasuna has embraced open, vertical football this season. Therefore, it’s quite likely that both sides will find the net at least once. In this case, a bet on total goals over 2 with odds of 1.61 looks appealing.