Comments and predictions for Alaves vs Osasuna: Guests sow sadness on the final day

Latest Alaves vs Osasuna team information

Home team Alaves will be without centre-back Abdel Abqar due to a calf injury that has kept him out of the last six games.

Moussa Diarra is doubtful of playing as he has not yet recovered from a nose injury that caused him to miss the last two rounds.

Veteran striker Kike Garcia – who used to play for Osasuna – is likely to continue to start and aim to improve his tally of 13 goals this season.

For Osasuna, Kike Barja is unable to play due to a recurrence of a muscle injury he picked up during his substitute appearance on Sunday.

Coach Moreno is likely to keep the same starting lineup that beat Espanyol in his last match in charge of the club.

Striker Budimir is in good form, having scored in three consecutive games and has 21 goals in 37 La Liga games this season.

Latest expected lineup Alaves vs Osasuna

Alaves:
Rivera; Tenaglia, Garces, Mourino, Sanchez; Blanco, Guevera; Vicente, Guridi, Alena; Kike

Osasuna:
Herrera; Areso, Boyomo, Catena, Cruz; Torro, Ibanez; R. Garcia, Oroz, Zaragoza; Budimir

Latest football commentary on Alaves vs Osasuna

Alaves entered Saturday's match in good spirits after winning three of their last five matches to secure their place in the league a match early.

After beating Real Sociedad, Alaves held Atletico Madrid to a hard-fought 0-0 draw, before losing narrowly at Athletic Bilbao 1-0. They quickly bounced back with a 1-0 home win over Valencia, and then repeated the same scoreline in their win over Real Valladolid on Sunday.

Kike Garcia's 18th-minute penalty was the only goal of the game as Alaves secured all three points at Estadio Jose Zorrilla, securing their place in La Liga next season – their third consecutive season in Spain's top flight.

Coach Eduardo Coudet and his team can also be proud of keeping a clean sheet in 4/5 of their most recent matches, and not conceding more than 1 goal in any of their last 8 rounds since the 0-2 defeat against Rayo Vallecano at the end of March.

Alaves will want to end the season with a third consecutive win, but it won't be easy, as they have lost all six of their last home games against Osasuna since a 3-0 win in October 2015.

As for Osasuna, the team will continue to change coaches in the summer - the second year in a row - after Vicente Moreno confirmed he will leave the club when his contract ends.

Since that announcement, Osasuna have had two positive results, including a 2-0 win over third-placed Atletico Madrid at El Sadar.

They continued their fine form with a 2-0 win over Espanyol on Sunday thanks to goals from Ante Budimir and Raul Garcia – a fourth successive home win that left Osasuna level on points with eighth-placed Rayo Vallecano (but lost the head-to-head).

The team is currently ninth, just one point behind seventh-placed Celta Vigo, so they still have a chance to qualify for the Europa League, Conference League or miss out on Europe altogether.

While there are many possibilities, the clear target for Osasuna is to take all 3 points to keep their hopes alive, even though they have only won 2/18 away games this season (D9, L7).

However, they have a superior head-to-head record against Alaves, winning 8 and drawing 2 of their last 10 encounters, keeping a clean sheet in 7 of those wins.

Latest Alaves vs Osasuna score prediction

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

• Sportsmole:Alaves 2-0 Osasuna

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

When and where to watch Alaves vs Osasuna live?

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Luong Dam