Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Villarreal and Osasuna square off against each other at Estadio de la Ceramica in the opening match of Sunday’s program. The Yellow Submarine aim to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Villarreal and Atletico Madrid and we are positive that they will fight tooth and nail against los Rojillos. Alexander Sorloth has joined the likes of Yeremi Pino, Alfonso Pedraza, and Juan Foyth in the recovery room, with Chile international Ben Brereton Diaz likely to step up.
Osasuna, on the other hand, have been struggling at the back of late and seeing that Villarreal are desperate to return to winning ways in La Liga, home win should be considered. Midfielder Darko Brasanac is sidelined with injury with a muscle injury, but there are no suspended players in the away team. In their last meeting at “La Ceramica” Villarreal recorded a routine 2-0 win over Osasuna.
Highlighted Player (Chimy Ávila):
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Popularly known as "Chimy," Ezequiel Avila 's youth career was spent playing football in Argentina at Tiro Federal. An Argentinian himself, the Rosario native signed his first professional contract with Federal in 2010 and made his debut appearance in the same year, featuring in a 2-0 away loss to Almirante Brown on the 16th of October.
Chimy then spent an additional five years at the club, making just 13 appearances before joining San Lorenzo on a free transfer. His Lorenzo spell generated his first professional goal, which came on the 20th of April, 2016, in a Copa Libertadores game against LDO Quito. In 2017, he left Lorenzo to join Spanish outfit SD Huesca on a two-year loan deal. This move marked Chimy's first time playing club football outside Argentina.
At Huesca, the winger scored 17 goals in 70 appearances. At the end of the loan period in 2019, Chimy returned to Lorenzo, who, in turn, sold him to LaLiga side CA Osasuna on a transfer worth 5 million euros. Born on the 6th of February, 1994, the 25-year-old is currently on a four-year contract with Los Rojillos.
Highlighted Team (Villarreal):
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Villarreal CF was founded on 10th of March 1923. In the year 1998 Villarreal managed to reach the Primera Division for the first time in history of the club. After 1 season the club could not manage to stay in the league and go regulated to the Segunda Division. In the last couple of years Villarreal developed itself to a stable club in the Primera Division.
This first European succes was in 2003/2004 where the club managed to reach the semi finals in the UEFA cup. In 2004/2005 Villarreal end 3rd on the table in the Primera Division which was a highlight for the club.
The biggest succes was in 2006 when Villarreal managed to reach the semi finals in the Champions League. In the semi finals the club lost with only 1 goal difference against runner up Arsenal. Former known players for Villarreal are: Riquelme, Tomasson, Fernandez, Forlan and Pires.