Valencia v Osasuna

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Valencia will be going in search of a third successive win in La Liga on Sunday evening when they play host to Osasuna at their Estadio de Mestalla after posting early back-to-back wins in the Spanish top tier at the start of this new season while Osasuna will be keen to bounce back from last week's defeat.

Victories over Sevilla 2-1 away from home and a 1-0 home win against Las Palmas have given Valencia and manager, Ruben Baraja, the perfect start to this new domestic top flight season and the hosts may well fancy their chances of collecting a third league win on the trot on Sunday as a result.

This encouraging start is in stark contrast to Valencia's struggles in last season's campaign as the hosts finished last term in a lowly and disappointing 16th place in the La Liga table and just two points above the relegation zone so they'll be hoping to produce a better showing this time around.

Overall results in La Liga actually haven't been too bad for Valencia as they have suffered just two defeats in their previous 11 games and this gives the home side a decent chance of picking up a result here on Sunday evening.

Osasuna achieved a creditable seventh place finish in La Liga at the end of last season and therefore grabbed the last of the European places for this season's campaign as the visitors will now need to balance domestic duties as well as the Europa Conference League this term.

Nevertheless, it's a challenge that Osasuna manager, Arrasate, and his players will relish as they look to continue to test themselves against the stronger clubs on the European stage as well as defying the odds in the Spanish top flight as well this term.

Osasuna started this new La Liga season in promising fashion as they recorded a 2-0 win away from home at Celta Vigo but they were unable to build upon that opening day win of the season last week when they suffered a 2-0 defeat on home soil at their Estadio El Sadar to Athletic Bilbao.

Results overall in the Spanish top tier have been something of a mixed bag of late for Sunday's visitors, Osasuna, as they have won four but lost five of their last nine games while also picking up just three victories from their last 14 outings on the road in La Liga.

Goals may also be at a premium as 10 of Osasuna's last 14 away games have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals.

Valencia v Osasuna Verdict

The previous meeting between Valencia and Osasuna was also a low-scoring affair with Valencia edging it 1-0 but another tightly fought battle is expected this Sunday and Osasuna might just spring a surprise here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Under 2.5 goals @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Osasuna win @ 4.00

Correct score: Osasuna 1-0 @ 10.00