Osasuna vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction: Betting on the home team to win

To complete the Saturday pool of the second round of the Spanish La Liga 2023/24 will be a match between Osasuna and Atletico, which will be played on the field in Pamplona. Bookmakers are not a clear favorite in the match, believing that the rivals have about equal chances of success. We note that the teams have started the season diametrically, there is a feeling that Pamplonians are somewhat underestimated.

Osasuna somewhat unexpectedly beat Celta in Vigo in the first round of La Liga 2023/24. In that game, Garcia and Gomez scored goals, while Pamplona had 11 shots on goal and five on target. Overall, Osasuna looked better than Celta and deservedly won with three points. If the Pamplonians can play their first home game of the season at the same level, they will surely achieve a positive result in the match against Athletic.

The Basques have a 5-match winless streak, which began on July 27 with a friendly against Racing. As a result, there were three draws and a defeat to Celtic. The team lost their first official match of the season to Real Madrid with a score of 0:2. It must be said that the loss was absolutely on the point, the Basques for 90 minutes of the game scored only once, eventually gaining 0.53 goals on the xG index. Athletic played the meeting against Real Madrid according to the scheme 1-4-2-3-1.

The last five matches between Osasuna and Atletico have been unproductive, as well as the last three matches involving Atletico. Hence we can conclude that we should hardly expect a goal extravaganza from the confrontation between the Pamplonians and the Basques. As for the outcome, we are on the side of Osasuna; at least in the first round, Pamplonians liked much more than Basque, however, and the opponents had slightly different opponents. We believe that Osasuna will not lose on Saturday, at least, and we will not be surprised if the future hosts get three full points.