Osasuna v Atletico Madrid

Osasuna vs Atletico Madrid Preview

The midweek action in La Liga continues on Thursday night with this upcoming encounter between Osasuna and Atletico Madrid when the two teams lock horns at the Estadio El Sadar with the hosts sitting in a mid-table position and Atletico Madrid in fifth place prior to this week's action.

Osasuna occupy 11th place in the La Liga table but the hosts have seen themselves drop down the early standings in the domestic top flight despite winning two of their opening three matches of this new season, collecting wins against Celta Vigo and Valencia, in 2-0 and 2-1 wins with both victories also being collected on their travels.

However, Osasuna have struggled to maintain their early momentum in recent weeks as Thursday night's hosts have failed to win any of their last three matches overall since then, suffering defeats at the hands of Barcelona 2-1 at home and then a 3-2 loss on the road at Getafe, but they did manage to pick up a point in a 0-0 draw at home with Sevilla last time out.

Goals also look likely here as six of Osasuna's last 10 matches overall have resulted in Over 2.5 goals, while the same ratio applies to Osasuna's last 10 home games at their Estadio El Sadar as well.

Atletico Madrid quickly bounced back from last week's defeat on the weekend when they posted an impressive 3-1 home win against Real Madrid in the Madrid derby which has placed the visitors in an early fifth place position in the La Liga table and the visitors will now make the trip to face Osasuna on Thursday night in confident mood.

A previous heavy 3-0 defeat away from home at Valencia was something of a surprise for Atletico who had made a solid start to the new season by winning two of their opening three games, recording wins against Granada 3-1 at home before inflicting a humiliating 7-0 thrashing upon an unsuspecting Rayo Vallecano outfit.

Goals have also featured as four of Atletico Madrid's five league matches so far this term have resulted in Over 2.5 goals while the bigger picture shows that eight of Atletico Madrid's last 10 league matches overall have also produced three goals or more.

Osasuna v Atletico Madrid Verdict

Osasuna achieved a creditable seventh place finish at the end of last season's La Liga campaign so the hosts look to have some work to do in these early weeks of this new season to get themselves back on course if they're to equal let alone emulate that finish this time around.

Goals look likely here though as five of the last seven meetings have resulted in Over 2.5 goals being scored.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 2.10

Other side bets worth considering:

Atletico Madrid win @ 2.20

Correct score: Atletico Madrid 2-1 @ 9.00