Osasuna vs Real Madrid Prediction, 4/20/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 4/19/2022

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Game: Osasuna vs Real Madrid

Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Location: Estadio El Sadar in Pamplona, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Osasuna (+361) Real Madrid (-142)

Estadio El Sadar is the venue where Kike and Osasuna (12-8-12, 9th in La Liga) will play Real Madrid (23-6-3, 1st in La Liga) on Wednesday. The goalkeepers who are expected to start will be Sergio Herrera for Osasuna and Thibaut Courtois for Real Madrid. Osasuna are priced +361 while the Meringues are at -142. The O/U has been set at 2.75.

Osasuna took the field against Valencia in their last game and walked away with a win by a score of 2-1. Osasuna tried 14 dribbles in this game and were able to convert 7 of those dribbles for a rate of 50.0%. In the passing game, they ended the game with a 66.8% received passes percentage by converting 245 out of their 367 pass targets last contest.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Osasuna walked away from the pitch at a 37.5% rate by putting 3 shots on target of 8 total shots. Osasuna sports an average of 1.03 g/90 (33 goals in total) and are sitting with 21 assists In all contests for this campaign.

Kike is a guy who should impact this matchup for Osasuna. Kike has been in the starting lineup in 246 games in his pro soccer career and scores 0.35 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Spain has tallied 85 goals in 21,868 professional minutes played. He has totaled 22 assists while accumulating 34 yellow card warnings in his career.

Someone else who should impact this game is Ante Budimir, the forward hailing from Bosnia. He has helped on a goal 20 times in his career while he has scored 98 goals. Budimir has accumulated 21,569 mins during 240 starting assignments and has earned himself 62 yellow card warnings. He is averaging 0.41 goals per 90 so far in his career.

The man protecting the net for Osasuna will be Sergio Herrera. Herrera has been on the pitch for 15,012 minutes and has 399 stops in his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.1 (181 goals given up) and he has earned a save percentage of 71.2%. The goalie born in Spain has had 566 shots tried at him in 166 starts. Herrera (63-49-54 mark in his professional soccer career) has 63 clean sheets, which gives him a 38.0% shutout percentage.

For their last outing, Real Madrid walked away with a victory by a final of 3-2 against Sevilla. They finished the match by converting 639 out of their 702 attempted passes earning a rate of 91.0%. Real Madrid earned a 58.8% successful dribble rate by completing 10 out of the 17 dribbles they attempted. Real Madrid landed 6 shots attempted out of 16 shots attempted earning them a 37.5% rate in their last outing. With 66 goals and 48 assists in all their matches, Real Madrid averages 2.06 goals and 1.50 assists per 90 minutes.

Karim Benzema should provide a spark for Real Madrid. He is currently averaging 0.64 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 429 games during his career. The forward from France has been on the pitch for 36,672 professional minutes and has scored 260 goals. He has collected 11 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 115 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Toni Kroos, the midfielder representing Germany. Kroos has earned himself 56 yellow card warnings in 31,009 mins played (355 starts). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.12. He has scored 42 goals so far in his career while helping on a goal 91 different times.

Thibaut Courtois will be looking after the net for Real Madrid. So far in his career, Courtois has allowed 368 goals and has earned 947 stops in 409 starts. He has allowed 0.90 goals per 90 while he holds a record of 250-86-70. He is the owner of a save percentage of 73.1 and his clean sheet rate is 43.5%. Courtois has racked up 178 shutouts while defending 1,299 shots tried against him in 36,624 career mins.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Osasuna (+361)

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