Osasuna vs Real Bétis Prediction - Will The Pamplona Team Escape From An Almost Certain Relegation?

Next Sunday, a seriously relegation-threatened Osasuna will entertain Real Bétis at El Sadar for the last round of Liga BBVA this season on a match of paramount importance for the home side, who don’t rely exclusively on themselves to secure a place at La Liga next term.

After last Sunday’s draw at Cornellà-El Prat against Espanyol, Osasuna might have signed their “death certificate” since they do not rely on themselves alone anymore to avoid relegation this season. The Pamplona team managed to react against Espanyol’s goal and grabbed the equalizer thanks to an Acuña goal near the end of the first half. Although, with still 45 minutes to play on the second part of the match, Osasuna never found a way of taking something positive from the match. At the end of the match, Osasuna’s head coach, Javi Gracia, reaffirmed his optimism towards his side’s current situation by insisting he still believes that they will still play at La Liga’s next season.

For the match against Real Bétis, Javi Gracia will not able to count on the contributions of Manuel Onwo and Raoul Loé, all of them sidelined due to injury.

As for Real Bétis, next Sunday’s match will represent their goodbye to La Liga, since next season they will play at Liga Adelante. The Béticos, nevertheless, clinched an impressive 4-3 win against the relegation-threatened Valladolid last weekend and now they will certainly go to El Sadar looking for more. At the end of the match, the Pucelanos’ head coach, Juan Ignacio Martínez, uttered some controversial statements by appealing to Real Bétis players’ professionalism on the match against Osasuna, suggesting that they might “lend a hand” to the Pamplona team during the last clash of the season.

By winning last weekend’s match against Valladolid, Real Bétis granted their sixth victory of the season and the first one over their last seven matches, something that reflects their extremely poor career at Liga BBVA this term.

For the match at El Sadar, Real Bétis manager Gabriel Calderón will probably still not be able to count on Nono, Chuli, and Didac Vilà, all sidelined due to injury.

When both sides met at Benito Villamarín last January, the Pamplona side won 2-1 thanks to an early goal from Roberto Torres and an own goal from Jordi Figueras. Osasuna will certainly hope that history repeats itself next Sunday, while they also hope Valladolid is able to defeat Granada in order from them to stay at La Liga next season.

Osasuna

Stats: W-9 L-19 D-9

Recent Form - DWDDLLD

Real Bétis

Stats: W-6 L-24 D-7

Recent Form - LLLLLW

Possible Line-ups

Osasuna (4-2-3-1) - A. Fernández - Bertrán - Flaño - Arribas - Damiá - Lolo - Puñal - Cejudo - De Las Cuevas - Armenteros - O. Riera

Real Bétis (4-3-3) - Adán - Molina - Perquis - Paulão - Chica - Matilla - S. Sevilla - Reyes - B. Rodríguez- R. Castro - J. Molina

Prediction

Osasuna 2 Real Bétis 1