Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna – 14/12/2019 Preview

Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna should be one of the most thrilling games in La Liga 17th Round, which will be held at Wanda Metropolitano, in Madrid. Most interesting that Osasuna’s form and results are better than their rivals and home ground owners Atletico. Of course, hosts faced much stronger opponents and played in one of the most toughest competitions against Juventus, while Osasuna had meetings only of La Liga. In general, the Indians won 4 out of 5 last games over Los Rojillos since the 2013 year. Will Atletico continue their run over the visitors or Osasuna will use better shape and fatigue factor of rivals to compete on the equal level? Read our thoughts about this interesting La Liga Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna match, here below.

Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna

Atletico Madrid

The Mattress Makers took an important win over Lokomotiv Moscow at Wanda Metropolitano and qualified to UEFA CL Playoffs. They showed weaknesses during this group stage and lost points in 3 out of 6 games against Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus. Of course, at the moment Juventus have better p[layers and more abilities to play on the highest level, even more, they targetting the UCL Trophy this season for sure.

In Spain Los Rojiblancos also facing troubles even playing over weaker opponents and losing points already in 3 games in a row. They strongly prepared for the match against Barcelona but finally lost it due to late Messi goal. Moreover, they finished games against Villarreal and Granada with draws, what also cause a drop in Standings. At the moment, Atletico stands at 7th place with 26 points after 16 rounds. The next game at home should be very important for them taking 3 points and going up into the top 4.

Osasuna

Gorritxoak shows very confident and great football so far. In 16 La Liga games, they lost only 3 times. Even playing away, they faced only 2 defeats over Real Madrid and Granada. At home, they lost only to Sevilla in a very tough game for both rivals. The most frequent result of the team is draw, as they already finished 8 times. At the moment they have only 3 points difference with Atletico Madrid, what gives them additional motivation to play their best football on Saturday night. Visitors playing very unstable football so far, but against Atletico, they will try to play defensively strong football with counter-attacks and fast transitions from defence to attack. These tactics causing mistakes in defence, but there are no chances to play another football against such an opponent as Atletico.

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