Comments and predictions for Osasuna vs Sevilla: Tough battle from the first minute

Latest Osasuna vs Sevilla team information

Osasuna have only one doubt in Raul Garcia, who has been absent recently with an eye injury, while Bayern Munich loanee Bryan Zaragoza returned and was on the bench for Sunday’s win over Valladolid.

The home side are benefiting from the impressive form of their key players in both attack and defence. Striker Ante Budimir has maintained his good form with three goals and an assist in his last two games, helping him surpass the 20-goal mark in a season for the first time in his career.

In goal, despite only having five clean sheets, goalkeeper Sergio Herrera is the second most saved player in La Liga this season with 109 times.

For the visitors Sevilla, Kike Salas will return from suspension, but they will be without Nemanja Gudelj due to suspension for picking up a fifth yellow card.

Three players will continue to be absent through injury in Akor Adams (muscle), Ruben Vargas (hamstring) and defender Tanguy Nianzou (muscle).

Coach Caparros hopes that key striker Dodi Lukebakio will regain his scoring touch, as the Belgian striker has gone six consecutive matches without scoring – coinciding with the team's poor form.

Latest expected lineup for Osasuna vs Sevilla

Osasuna:
Herrera; Areso, Boyomo, Catena, Herrando, Bretones; Moncayola, Lucas Torro, Aimar Oroz; Budimir, Ruben Garcia

Sevilla:
Nyland; Carmona, Bade, Salas, Pedrosa; Agoume, Sow, Peque; Lukebakio, Romero, Ejuke

Latest football commentary on Osasuna vs Sevilla

Osasuna have used two easy games to boost their hopes of qualifying for next season's European Cup – something once considered unlikely – by beating Girona and Valladolid to close the gap on the top eight.

Since losing to Barcelona at the end of March, Los Rojillos are now unbeaten in their last four games, and their two recent wins have been more than their total in the previous 18 games.

Although this run of matches included quite a few draws, which meant they were not really threatened by the risk of relegation, coach Vicente Moreno was still under a lot of pressure. However, he overcame the storm to open a promising end to the season for fans.

The gap between the relegation zone and the top eight has been tight all season, so a strong run of form isn't unthinkable. Osasuna are now just two points off the Conference League places.

However, a porous defense could prove to be a major obstacle, as the Pamplona outfit have only kept two clean sheets at home this season, conceding 23 goals in 16 games at El Sadar.

However, this could be the ideal opportunity for them to improve that statistic and continue their climb up the table, as Osasuna are on a seven-match unbeaten run against Sevilla.

Extending that run would simultaneously extinguish Sevilla's end-of-season hopes in the race for European qualification, and could push them closer to the danger zone, where their lower-ranked opponents will clash head-to-head in the coming rounds.

Sevilla are currently six points off the European places and just six points above the relegation zone with just six games left in the season. However, given their recent form, relegation seems to be their biggest concern, as they head into this midweek fixture without a win in five games.

A 1-1 draw at home to Alaves last weekend – also Joaquin Caparros’s first game back in charge – ended a four-game losing streak, but they may have expected more from a team at the bottom of the table.

Sevilla are currently on 37 points, and the 40-point threshold would almost certainly be enough to stay in the top flight. With home games against Leganes and Las Palmas coming up, they still have a chance to achieve that goal, but the result against Alaves certainly leaves some doubt.

Latest Osasuna vs Sevilla 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 Sevillaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Osasuna 2-2 Sevilla

• WhoScore:Osasuna 1-1 Sevilla
• Our newspaper predicts:Osasuna 1-1 Sevilla

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