Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Real Madrid will be looking to recover from a heart-breaking 4-0 defeat to Barcelona when they welcome Osasuna to their Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Matchday 13. Los Blancos were not in action at the weekend, but they head into Saturday’s clash following the Champions League encounter with Milan. The good news for the hosts is that influential attacker Rodrygo has overcome his injury. Both Dani Carvajal and David Alaba are long-term absentees.
Los Rojillos, on the other hand, have been producing fine displays in the first half of the season, with the team sitting just bellow the Champions League berth. Osasuna, though, will have a mountain to climb against Real Madrid, who have turned their Estasdio Santiago Bernabeu into a real fortress. Last time out Carlo Ancelotti’s troops crushed los Rojillos 4-0 in Madrid. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
Highlighted Team (Osasuna):
Osasuna are a Basque football team that plays in Spanish La Liga. Los Rojillos are based in Pamplona and and the club were founded in 1920. Estadio El Sadar has been the home of Osasuna since 1967 and the capacity of the stadium is 19,800.
The colour of Osasuna’s home kit is red, while the team’s shorts are navy blue. Los Rojillos dropped to the Segunda Division at the end of the 2013/2014 La Liga campaign, but they did not spend too many time in the Spanish second tier. The club returned to the elite division in 2016 after beating Girona in the play-offs.
Osasuna made it to the Spanish Copa del Rey final in 2005, but they eventually lost to Real Betis after extra time in the title game. The meaning of the word Osasuna is “health” in Basque and it is used in a sense of strength.