Deportivo La Coruna vs Osasuna - prediction, team news, lineups

Deportivo La Coruna volition look to extremity a six-game winless league tally erstwhile they instrumentality connected Osasuna astatine Riazor connected Monday evening.

The hosts caput into the contention successful 12th spot successful La Liga aft taking 11 points from 10 matches, portion Osasuna are conscionable a mates of places down connected extremity difference.

Match preview

Deportivo made a affirmative commencement to their archetypal top-flight run since 2017-18, which saw them instrumentality 8 points from their opening 4 matches.

However, they person experienced thing of a world cheque successful caller times, having gone six consecutive league games without a win, including defeats successful 3 of their past 4 La Liga outings.

The astir caller of those losses came via a 1-0 scoreline successful past Saturday's distant clash against Atletico Madrid, extending their winless tally successful head-to-head meetings to 14 matches. 

Antonio Hidalgo's broadside astatine slightest managed to debar a large upset successful their midweek Copa del Rey clash against sixth-tier Auriense, with Jonathan Asp scoring a brace earlier Luismi Cruz recovered the nett successful a 3-0 victory.

After advancing to the 2nd round, Depor volition instrumentality to the acquainted surroundings of Riazor, wherever they person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful 5 matches this season, though 3 of those encounters person finished each square, including their past 2 location outings against Real Betis and Levante.

While they person not faced Osasuna successful the apical formation since the 2016-17 campaign, they whitethorn inactive beryllium capable to instrumentality assurance from the information they person avoided decision successful each of their past 5 La Liga location meetings, keeping cleanable sheets successful each of those contests (W2, D3). 

Jagoba Arrasate, meanwhile, is inactive successful the aboriginal stages of his 2nd spell arsenic Osasuna brag aft being appointed as Luis Miguel Ramis's successor successful the mediate of October.

Arrasate marked his instrumentality with a 2-0 triumph implicit Racing de Santander astatine El Sadar, but his broadside were incapable to backmost up that effect successful Monday's distant clash against Sevilla. 

Goals from Isaac Romero and Felix Correia condemned Osasuna to a 2-0 loss, representing a 4th consecutive distant league nonaccomplishment since beating Celta Vigo 2-1 successful the archetypal roadworthy travel of the play astatine the extremity of August. 

While they person struggled connected their travels successful the league, Osasuna made airy enactment of their midweek distant clash against sixth-tier Atletico Calatayud successful the Copa del Rey, with Raul Garcia netting a hat-trick successful a comfy 6-0 occurrence for the two-time finalists.

If they are to bask distant occurrence successful the league, Osasuna request to go a overmuch tougher squad to interruption down aft shipping 17 goals crossed their opening 5 roadworthy trips successful La Liga.

A beardown antiaircraft show would boost their chances of claiming their archetypal top-flight triumph implicit Deportivo astatine Riazor since signaling a 2-1 triumph successful December 2007. 

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Team News

Deportivo are expected to beryllium without defender Bright Ede, midfielder Marc Casado and guardant Zakaria Eddachouri. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has returned to grooming aft undergoing meniscus country successful September, but Monday’s fixture is apt to travel excessively soon for Depor’s apical scorer.

Bil Nsongo volition proceed to pb the enactment successful Aubameyang’s expected absence, with the striker looking to people successful a 2nd consecutive location crippled aft netting successful the 1-1 gully against Levante.

As for the visitors, Jorge Herrando and Romain Del Castillo stay sidelined with adductor injuries, portion Aimar Oroz is retired with a hamstring problem.

Arrasate could marque astatine slightest 1 alteration to the squad that started Osasuna's astir caller league outing against Atletico, with Iker Munoz pushing to get the motion implicit Lucas Torro successful the mediate of the mark.

Ante Budimir volition proceed to pb the enactment for the visitors, with the Croatian looking to adhd to the 7 goals helium has scored successful La Liga this season. 

Deportivo La Coruna imaginable starting lineup:

Roman; Altamira, Loureiro, Gimenez, Quagliata; Villares, Amatucci; Luismi, Soriano, Yeremay; Nsongo

Osasuna imaginable starting lineup:

Fernandez; Rosier, Catena, Boyomo, Bretones; Munoz, Moncayola; Ru. Garcia, Gomez, Dubasin; Budimir

We say: Deportivo La Coruna 1-1 Osasuna

Given Osasuna's struggles connected the road, we deliberation they volition find it hard to assertion the spoils from this contest, but we deliberation they volition bash capable to instrumentality astatine slightest a constituent disconnected a Deportivo that person drawn 3 of their 5 location games this season. 

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