La Liga: Valencia steals a 2-1 win against Osasuna 2-1

PAMPLONA. Valencia beat Osasuna to win 2-1. A goal from D. Brasanac was decisive in the 90min.

PAMPLONA. Valencia topped Osasuna to win 2-1. A goal from D. Brasanac was decisive in the 90min. It was Valencia to strike first with a goal of J. Kluivert at the 28′. Then M. Diakhaby scored again for Valencia in the 54′ minute with a goal. Eventually, D. Brasanac reduced the distance for Osasuna with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​

Also, Osasuna had 2 players sent off: U. Garcia (69′ for a red card) and R. Pena (90′ for a red card).

C. Avila missed a decisive penalty (57′). That would have allowed Osasuna to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Estadio El Sadar stadium in Pamplona on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In the presence of 20,260 spectators.​ The referee was Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias who was helped by Julián Villaseñor Julián and Alejandro Estévez Iglesias. The 4th official was Antonio Monter Soláns. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 18 degrees Celsius or 64.31 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 77%.​

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  Osasuna

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  Valencia

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  7 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Valencia was in firm control of the ball 55% while Osasuna was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Valencia was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Valencia won the match.​

Osasuna shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Valencia shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Osasuna received 1 yellow card (L. Torro). On the other side, Valencia received 6 yellow cards (G. Gattuso, H. Guillamon, I. Moriba, Y. Musah, M. Diakhaby and M. Diakhaby).

After this match, Osasuna will stay with 13 points like Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Valencia will have 10 points like Rayo Vallecano and Celta de Vigo to stay in the 9th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Osasuna will play away with Villarreal on the 17th of October with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Osasuna (5 draws).

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  Villarreal

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  Osasuna

  0

  17 Oct 2022 Full time

Valencia will play away against Sevilla on the 18th of October with a 21-13 head to head stats in favor of Sevilla (7 draws).

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  Sevilla

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  Valencia

  1

  18 Oct 2022 Full time

Osasuna: Formation and Lineups

Osasuna adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo chose to play with the following team: Sergio Herrera (7.1), Nacho Vidal (6.0), Unai García (6.9), Aridane Hernández (6.8), Juan Cruz (6.2), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (6.8), Jon Moncayola (6.3), Lucas Torró (7.0), Aimar Oroz (6.6), Moi Gómez (6.9) and Kike García (7.3).

Substitutes

Osasuna made 5 changes: N. Vidal for R. Pena (46′), A. Hernandez for M. Sanchez (46′), M. Gomez for C. Avila (53′), A. Oroz for R. Garcia (63′) and Ez Abde for D. Brasanac (72′).

Top player: Kike García

The player who no doubt impressed Osasuna the most was Kike García.

His rating is (7.3) with 16 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 20.

Valencia: Formation and Lineups

Also Valencia adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Ivan Gennaro Gattuso played with: Giorgi Mamardashvili (7.0), Thierry Correia (6.9), Eray Cömert (7.0), Mouctar Diakhaby (7.4), José Luis Gayà (7.4), Justin Kluivert (7.8), Hugo Guillamón (6.2), Ilaix Moriba (6.9), Samuel Lino (7.2), André Almeida (6.9) and Edinson Cavani (6.6).

Substitutes

Valencia made 5 changes: J. Kluivert for Y. Musah (61′), E. Cavani for H. Duro (75′), I. Moriba for T. Lato (75′), J. Kluivert for D. Foulquier (75′) and M. Diakhaby for Gabriel Paulista (86′).

Top player: Justin Kluivert

Probably the most impressive player in Valencia was Justin Kluivert.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 13 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 4 crosses.