Osasuna vs Mallorca Prediction & Betting Tips (24 August)

Engaged at home for their first match of the season against the promoted and champion of the 2nd division, Leganes, Osasuna finally had to settle for a parity score with the added bonus of a CSC scored by their opponent 1-1. This is not the result dreamed of by the Basque club which, as a reminder, stuck its tongue out last season by finishing in 11th place, worse than its two previous years in La Liga with a final in the Copa del Rey as the cherry on the top. the cake two years ago lost against Benzema's Real Madrid. Note that the pre-season campaign ended with two defeats against Athletic Bilbao 2-1 and against Alaves 2-1, two opponents from the 1st division. Mallorca was very intelligent in the transfer window and sincerely, its paper is far from looking like a team that will only play to save its skin this season.

Real Madrid paid the price on the first day. In a boiling stadium, the RCD confused Kylian Mbappé's debut in La Liga with an excellent score of 1-1 parity but not only that. Indeed, it must be said, the Mallorcans could even have won the game by being offensive much more often than usual against opponents of this size. This trip to Osasuna will only require confirmation and continuation of their very good performance last weekend.

Free arrival from Leganes in 2023, Arnaiz (2 goals last season) missed the start of the school year last weekend (injured), the same for Kike Barja (midfielder, absent since March following a rupture of the cruciate ligaments) . In the transfer window, Osasuna has not lost much except the young talent Yoldi (12 goals with the reserve last year), and the defenders David Garcia (27 appearances in La Liga last year) and the The impressive Mojica (Colombian international, 3 assists in the league last year) who returned to Villarreal at the end of his loan before being sold to... Mallorca! From the point of view of arrivals, we have a good pick with the crack Zaragoza (on loan from Bayern) who had scored 6 goals with Granada during the first half of the season. On the Majorcan side, the unfortunate Llabres, suffering from a adductor should miss this 2nd match after missing the clash against Real Madrid last Sunday.

This is ultimately the only major absence to report for the RCD which will be able to count on its strong man, Muriqi (7 goals last season), author of a helmet strike of darkness to put his team and Real back on par for the week. -last end. In addition, the rookie Asano (Bochum) had a very good first score in Spain against Casa Blanca, the same goes for the full-back Mojica (rookie, Villarreal) and for the usually replacement goalkeeper, Greif, who could finally obtain his starting place this season following the departure of Rajkovic (Al-Ittihad). Still in the departures, David Lopez left on loan (Burgos), Jaume Costa signed up for Albacete and Baba Idrissu signed up for Almeria (D2). Loaned in the second half of the season to Valladolid last year, Amath Ndiaye was permanently transferred to the promoted side while Giovanni Gonzalez Apud (34 appearances last year) signed for Krasnodar last week.