Comments and predictions for Osasuna vs Elche: Home team continues to get bogged down

Latest Osasuna vs Elche squad information

Osasuna will be without Rosier through suspension, while Aimar Oroz and Moi Gomez are also sidelined with injuries (foot and muscle).

Rosier's absence leaves coach Lisci short of options at right-back, with Abel Bretones likely to be brought in to fill in, while Jon Moncayola could be forced to move to the left. In midfield, Iker Munoz is pushing for his first start of the season.

For Elche, Martim Neto will be tested for a muscle injury before kick-off, while Yago Santiago, Adria Pedrosa and Alvaro Rodriguez are also awaiting late fitness test results.

Rafa Mir is currently Elche's top scorer with three goals in five games and is likely to continue up front alongside Andre Silva, who is aiming for his third consecutive La Liga goal.

Latest expected lineup for Osasuna vs Elche

Osasuna:

Herrera; Boyomo, Catena, Cruz; Bretones, Torro, I. Munoz, Moncayola; Garcia, Budimir, V. Munoz

Elche:

Pena; Nunez, Affengruber, Bigas; Josan, Febas, Mendoza, Valera; Diangana; Mir, Silva

Latest football commentary on Osasuna vs Elche

Present in the top flight of Spanish football for the seventh consecutive season, Osasuna have had a mixed start to the 2025-26 campaign, alternating between wins and losses in their first five matches.

At home they have beaten Valencia and Rayo Vallecano, but in between have been defeats to Real Madrid, Espanyol and Villarreal, most recently a 2-1 loss at Villarreal last weekend.

Osasuna had the lead when Valentin Rosier was sent off just before Ante Budimir converted a penalty late in the first half. However, Villarreal took advantage after the break and scored twice in the final 20 minutes, including Pape Gueye's winner in the 85th minute.

Sitting 13th in La Liga, Osasuna will return to El Sadar, where they have won their last six La Liga games and kept five clean sheets, making them the team with the longest current run of clean sheets at home in the competition.

Los Rojillos are also on a 12-game unbeaten run against Elche (W8 D4). In top-flight history, only Cadiz (1989-2024, W12 D6) have Osasuna had a longer unbeaten run against.

After finishing runners-up in the Segunda Division to earn direct promotion to La Liga last season, Elche have started positively with nine points from their first five games.

Los Franjiverdes have drawn with Real Betis, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, while claiming victories over Levante and Real Oviedo, the most recent being a 1-0 home win over Oviedo.

Coach Sarabia praised Elche’s “fantastic” first 60 minutes against Oviedo, before having to endure a tense final 30 minutes to secure the win. The result leaves Elche fifth in the table, three points ahead of Osasuna and just one point behind the top three.

Elche travel to El Sadar with a poor record: they have won just one of their last nine away games against Osasuna (D3 L5) – a 3-1 win in their first La Liga encounter in April 1960. In all nine of those games, they have conceded a total of 17 goals.

In addition, Elche have never won a La Liga match played on a Thursday away (D1 L3), while Osasuna have won five of their last six top-flight matches played on Thursdays.

Latest Osasuna vs Elche score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Osasuna vs Elcheas follows:

• Sportsmole:Osasuna 1-1 Elche

• WhoScore:Osasuna 2-1 Elche
• Our newspaper predicts:Osasuna 1-1 Elche

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