Levante vs Osasuna - prediction, team news, lineups

Levante's conflict to stay successful Spain's apical formation volition proceed connected Friday evening, erstwhile they invited top-six hopefuls Getafe to Estadi Ciutat de Valencia.

The location broadside are presently 19th successful the La Liga table, 4 points down 17th-placed Sevilla, portion Osasuna are 10th, 5 points down sixth-placed Celta Vigo.

Match preview

Levante person a grounds of 8 wins, 9 draws and 17 defeats from their 34 league matches this season, with 33 points leaving them successful 19th spot successful the table, 4 points down 17th-placed Sevilla.

The Frogs, who won past season's Segunda Division to unafraid a instrumentality to the apical flight, volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 5-1 decision to Villarreal.

Luis Castro's broadside person managed to prime up 7 points from their past 4 matches, and they person lone mislaid 2 of their past nine, but different teams astir them are besides picking up affirmative results, which has created a fascinating conflict astatine the bottom.

Levante person the second-worst location grounds successful Spain's apical formation this season, lone picking up 20 points from 17 matches, but Osasuna person struggled connected their travels, winning conscionable 2 of their 17 league fixtures distant from their ain stadium.

Earlier this season, Osasuna bushed Levante 2-0 successful the reverse match, and the Frogs person lone been victorious successful 1 of their past 7 games against Friday's opponents.

In total, Levante and Osasuna person locked horns connected 33 occasions, with the second starring the wide head-to-head 16 wins to 13, portion determination person lone ever been 4 draws.

Osasuna volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 location decision to Barcelona, with each 3 goals successful that contention coming successful the last 10 minutes.

Alessio Lisci's broadside person picked up 42 points from their 34 league matches this season, which has near them successful 10th spot successful the division, 5 points down sixth-placed Celta Vigo.

Los Rojillos finished ninth past word and volition beryllium aiming to amended that this season, with their last 3 league games of the run coming against Atletico Madrid, Espanyol and Getafe.

The bulk of Osasuna's occurrence this play has travel successful beforehand of their ain fans, with the squad boasting the fifth-best location grounds successful La Liga, but it has been a conflict connected their travels, picking up lone 10 points, with conscionable 2 teams - Mallorca and Elche - claiming less points connected the road.

Levante La Liga form:

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Osasuna La Liga form:

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Team News

Levante volition erstwhile again beryllium without the services of Unai Elgezabal owed to a genu injury, portion Alejandro Primo, Dela, Paco Cortes and Adrian de la Fuente request to beryllium assessed.

Carlos Alvarez and Ivan Romero are besides regarded arsenic large doubts, with the brace having to beryllium replaced successful the dense decision to Villarreal past clip out.

Levante volition beryllium without the services of midfielder Kervin Arriaga, meanwhile, arsenic the 28-year-old picked up a milestone yellowish paper successful the clash with the Yellow Submarine.

As for Osasuna, Victor Munoz is inactive retired with a muscular injury, but the visitors are different successful beardown signifier for their clash with Levante connected Friday night.

Raul Garcia came disconnected the seat to people against Barcelona past clip out, and determination could present beryllium a spot successful the last 3rd of the tract for the 25-year-old.

Ante Budimir has scored 16 times successful La Liga this play and volition erstwhile again pb the line, with the guardant bidding to extremity a tally of 3 games without a extremity astatine this level.

Levante imaginable starting lineup:

Ryan; Toljan, Moreno, Matturro, Varela; Raghouber; Losada, Martinez, Olasgasti, Romero; Espi

Osasuna imaginable starting lineup:

Herrera; Rosier, Catena, Boyomo, Galan; Torro, Moncayola; Raul Garcia, Gomez, Moro; Budimir

We say: Levante 1-1 Osasuna

There has lone been 4 draws successful the erstwhile 33 meetings betwixt these 2 sides, but we are uncovering it pugnacious to abstracted them connected Friday and person had to settee connected a stalemate.

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