Malaga midfielder Juanpi (L). (Photo : Getty Images)
Cellar-dwelling club CA Osasuna (1-12-6, 9 points) is set to face reeling team Malaga CF (5-8-6, 21 points) at their home field of El Sadar Stadium on Friday, Jan. 27 as round 20 of the 2016-2017 La Liga season commences.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Osasuna continues to struggle this season with only a single win to boot after 19 rounds of competitions. The team is still at the bottom of the 20-team Spanish top flight table at the moment with 19th-place squad Granada only one point ahead.
Los Rojillos snapped a two-game unbeaten run as they lost a highly disappointing 3-4 encounter with title contenders Sevilla last Sunday also at the El Sadar Stadium, as per Sport English.
Sergio Leon opened the scoring in the 15th minute for head coach Petar Vasiljević's squad before Sevilla captain Vicente Iborra equalized in the 43rd to make it a 1-1 count at the break.
An own goal by Iborra in the 63rd minute gave back the lead to Osasuna, but the Spanish midfielder was quick to respond with his second goal for the Sevillistas two minutes later, keeping the game tied.
Franco Vazquez scored a goal in the 80th to give Sevilla the lead before Pablo Sarabia made it a 4-2 count two minutes into injury time.
Osasuna was able to cut the lead to one point with an injury time goal by Kenan Kodro, but it was the closest the hosts can go against Los Rojiblancos.
Meanwhile, Malaga is on a four-game winless slide to drop to 14th place in the overall standings.
Los Boquerones is coming off a 1-2 loss to current league leaders Real Madrid on the road at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium last Saturday, The Guardian reported.
Real captain Sergio Ramos netted the first two goals of the contest in the 35th and 43rd minutes before head coach Marcelo Romero's boys were able to put themselves on the board with a 63rd-minute goal by Venezuelan midfielder Juanpi.
Malaga has not won in six consecutive games and is anticipated to finally win one against the cellar-dwellers.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a close 2-1 win by Malaga.
Osasuna starting lineup (5-3-2 formation): Rodriguez; Garcia, Oier, Clerc, Bonnin, Berenguer; Causic, Tienza, Torres; Riera, Leon
Malaga starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Kameni; Juan Carlos, Villanueva, Rosales, Munoz; Castro, Fornals; Camacho, Juanpi, Recio; Penaranda
