Athletic Bilbao vs Osasuna Prediction: Expect an extremely hard and cautious match

In the Spanish Cup's second semifinal, Bilbao Athletic will host Osasuna. The first match was left for the Pamplona side. However, the minimum victory cannot guarantee Osasuna a place in the Spanish Cup final.

It is evident that for Athletic, the Spanish Cup is a priority tournament, but, despite this, in the national championship, the Basques are also trying to compete for a place in the Eurocup competition. Before the international break, Athletic confidently beat Valladolid 3:1 away. After a 2-week break, the Basques drew 0:0 at home to Getafe. After the match against Getafe, Athletic is seventh in the standings of the Spanish championship with 37 points, seven points less than Villarreal. Athletic's home stats in La Liga are 10th, +6=3-5, 18:11 goal difference.

After beating Athletic in the first semifinal of the Spanish Cup, Osasuna played four games in the national championship and could not win once in this period: draws with Celta and Mallorca and defeats to Valencia and Villarreal. The results are not the best; they led to the fact that Osasuna, in the championship standings, fell to ninth place, already losing to Athletic by two points. Osasuna's situation regarding European Cups is almost the same as that of Athletic. The Spanish Cup is the most direct path to Europe plus the trophy. Osasuna's away statistics in La Liga are ninth, +3=7-4, 10:13 goal difference.

Athletic Bilbao: Agirrezabala - de Marcos, Vivian, Berchiche - Garcia, Zarraga - Williams, Muniain, Berrenger - Guruzeta.

Osasuna: Herrera - Vidal, Hernandez, Garcia, Cruz - Ibáñez, Torro, Oroz - Garcia, Budimir, Barja.

For Athletic and Osasuna, the upcoming meeting is central to the reporting period. Both teams have a lot at stake; all the same, getting to the final of the Spanish Cup is an event for any club in Spain; well, maybe only for Barça or Real Madrid, it is an everyday occurrence. So, we are waiting for a challenging and cautious match in which you should not expect a lot of goals. As for the outcome, Athletic will first play on the home field, which is a significant advantage. Secondly, the Basques recently looked more interesting than their opponent.

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