Osasuna vs Brugge Prediction: The guests are powerful

Osasuna could not be allowed to participate in the European Cup, but in the end will still play there. However, the path of Pamplona on the Euro arena may end already after the Conference League qualification, because the opponents are powerful Belgian Brugge. Let's pick up three bets for the first meeting of the rivals.

UEFA almost disqualified Osasuna for organizing match-fixing in the Spanish championship in the mid-2010s. But after all, Pamplona avoided sanctions. The La Liga club's championship also continues to perform and, in the two starting rounds of the new championship, beat 2:0 Celta and, with the same score, lost to Atletico. It should also be noted that the team continues to be led by Jagoba Arrasate, under whom Osasuna often plays defensive football, being one of the most low-scoring teams in the Spanish championship.

The Belgian club made some noise in the Champions League last season. Brugge came out of the group, leaving out of the playoffs Madrid Atletico and German Bayer, and in the round of 16, lost to Benfica.

Brugge failed to combine successful performances in the European arena with the Belgian championship, taking only fourth place at the end of the season, and as a result, ended up in the Conference League. On the way to the matches with Osasuna, the team, which was headed by Norwegian specialist Ronny Deila in the off-season, beat Danish Aarhus and Icelandic Akureyri. Brugge has three wins and 14 goals in the Belgian championship in the four rounds.

In the previous season, Bruges gained European Cup experience, reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League. The team entered the new European season with almost the same squad, so the accumulated experience should be reflected in the meetings with Osasuna. The Spanish team is quite limited in terms of resources, and they almost got sanctioned, having received a heavy psychological blow. Based on this, we believe the odds on the visitors in the upcoming match are overvalued, which we will take advantage of. In addition, we expect a more or less productive match. The new coach of Brugge is the ex-coach of Standard, Ronny Deila, who prefers attacking games.