Valencia vs Osasuna Prediction, 4/16/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 4/12/2022

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Game: Valencia vs Osasuna

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2022

Location: Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Valencia (+127) Osasuna (+257)

Goncalo Guedes and Valencia (10-12-9, 9th in La Liga) host Osasuna (11-8-12, 10th in La Liga) at Mestalla Stadium on Saturday. The goaltenders protecting the net will be Jasper Cillessen for Valencia and Sergio Herrera for Osasuna. The line on this game has Valencia coming in at +127 and the Reds are at +257. The total opens at 2.25.

Valencia faced off with Rayo Vallecano in their most recent game and walked away with a draw with a final of 1-1. Valencia tried 16 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 8 of those attempts for a percentage of 50.0%. When discussing the passing game, they had a 92.1% received passes rate by connecting on 256 out of their 278 passing attempts last game.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Valencia finished at a 33.3% clip by putting 2 SoT of 6 shots. Valencia has an average of 1.32 goals per 90 (41 total goals) and have earned 27 assists in all games for the year.

Goncalo Guedes is a player who should impact this matchup for Valencia. He has accounted for 34 assists while accumulating 14 yellow cards during his pro soccer career. Guedes has been given a starting assignment in 139 outings thus far in his career and accounts for 0.25 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing Portugal has 33 goals in 12,105 minutes played.

Another guy who should impact this match is Carlos Soler, the midfielder hailing from Spain. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 24 times in his career while scoring 29 goals. Soler has totaled 13,314 mins during 150 career starting assignments and has been handed a total of 32 yellow cards. He sports an average of 0.20 goals per 90 so far in his pro soccer career.

The guy protecting the net for Valencia is Jasper Cillessen. Cillessen (97-55-39 record in his career) has accumulated 67 shutouts, which gives him a 35.6% shutout rate. The keeper hailing from the Netherlands has had 806 shots attempted at him in 188 starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.1 (199 total goals allowed) and he has a save % of 76.8%. Cillessen has played for 16,935 mins and has 617 stops during his soccer career.

When they last played, Osasuna took home the win by a final score of 1-0 against Alaves. They wrapped up this outing by connecting on 434 of the 513 passes they tried earning a percentage of 84.6%. Osasuna finished with a 42.1% successful dribble rate by converting 8 out of the 19 dribbles they tried. Osasuna had 3 shots tried out of 14 shots tried earning them a 21.4% clip in their last match. Having earned a total of 31 goals and 20 assists in all their matches, Osasuna is averaging 1.00 goal and 0.65 assists per 90.

Kike should be able to be counted on for Osasuna. The forward representing Spain has totaled 21,868 mins while scoring 85 goals. He has accumulated 34 yellow cards in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 22 times. He is averaging 0.35 goals per 90 mins and has been in the starting lineup in 246 matches in his career. Make sure to watch out for Ante Budimir, the forward representing Bosnia. Budimir has earned himself 62 yellow cards in 21,479 minutes played (239 starts). His goals per 90 average thus far in his career is 0.41. He has 97 goals during his pro soccer career while assisting on a goal 20 different times.

Sergio Herrera will be residing in front of the goal for Osasuna. Herrera has tallied 63 shutouts and has seen 563 shots attempted against him in 14,922 career minutes. He holds a save % of 71.0 and his clean sheet rate is 38.2%. He has conceded 1.09 goals per 90 mins while earning a mark of 62-49-54. So far in his career, Herrera has surrendered 180 goals and has tallied 396 stops in 165 starts.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Osasuna (+257) and under the total goals

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