Osasuna vs Levante — result & stats
Regular Season - 2 · 2026-08-24 17:30
Osasuna
LevanteEstadio El Sadar
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Analysis & Betting Tips
Osasuna gets the home nod, fine. But the sharper play? Both teams finding the net. Forget the quiet numbers. Head-to-head history and recent form trajectories scream goals at both ends for this one.
Osasuna. Underdogs. At home. Two wins, two draws from ten matches. That tells you everything: this isn't a home turf they dominate. They're leaking 1.5 goals per game on average. Only netting 1.1 themselves. A negative return that begs for trouble. Levante? They've grabbed five wins from their last ten away fixtures. Fifty percent. Looks exceptional on paper, doesn't it? That form alone demands respect for the visitors, even playing on the road.
Look, though. Levante's away record. Shiny. But it masks a team that only scrapes together 1.75 expected goals per 90 minutes over their last six outings. Not exactly ripping nets apart. Osasuna, meanwhile, muster 1.25 xG per 90 in the same timeframe. A gap exists. Not a chasm. Both squads, frankly, live in low-chance territory. Yet somehow, they score. Levante's five away wins? They don't happen if only one team's finishing. Osasuna's home losses pile up, sure. But they're *losing*, not being shut out. That 1.1 for, 1.5 against screams a team that poses a threat, even when they get beaten.
The head-to-head tells its own grubby story. Across 16 meetings, both teams have scored in just 37.5% of fixtures. That's the bare minimum. But peer closer at recent clashes and the picture twists. Levante nicked a 2-0 win at home in December 2025. Then they rolled into Osasuna's ground and won 3-2 in May 2026. The most recent dust-up here—May 2026—was a five-goal affair, ending 3-2. Osasuna were 2-2 at half-time. This lot won't park the bus. They engage. They create openings. They play to win, even when the deck's stacked against them.
Levante's recent away form, despite that modest xG profile, hints at something... effective in transition. Fifteen-point-eight shots per 90 in their last six matches. Aggressive hunting, that is. And volume usually turns into goals. More to the point, Levante couldn't keep a clean sheet in their sole recent away game (zero clean sheets in one away outing). And they've coughed up 1.6 goals per match across that ten-game stretch. Not watertight, are they? Osasuna, with all their home struggles, have still generated 14.5 shots per 90 in their six most recent matches. That's comparable to Levante's volume. And it's more than enough to trouble a Levante defence that gets breached regularly.
No magic here, just basic math. Two sides. Similar shot counts. Moderate xG output. One team (Levante) can't keep a clean sheet away from home. The probability of both finding the net? It shoots up. Osasuna's home form is dire, yes. But dire doesn't mean toothless. They concede because they try to attack. They score because they create chances. Levante will put them under the gun. Osasuna will absolutely have their moments.
That 37.5% head-to-head BTTS rate provides the floor. But the real upside is much fatter once you factor in what's happened lately. Levante's leaky road defence, their sheer shot volume, Osasuna's refusal to play dead at home... it's all pointing to a match where both teams will put numbers on the board. Elite expected goals? Neither side is doing that. But both *are* threats. And that, my friends, is the sweet spot for BTTS.
So, here’s the choice. Purely backing Osasuna to win? You're fighting a team that's won half its away games. A team that's proven it can put multiple goals past Osasuna’s defence in recent memory. Betting on BTTS? You're riding the real game dynamics—the shot volume, the defensive holes, the historical pattern of trading blows. That's the smarter play. The one with actual backbone.
Betting tips
Both Teams to Score is where the real value sits. That 37.5% head-to-head BTTS rate? It's just the starting point. The real edge comes from Levante's woeful recent defending—zero clean sheets in their last recorded away game, 1.6 goals shipped per match—pitted against Osasuna's consistent 14.5 shots per 90. Osasuna might only have 2 wins from 10 at home, but their shot count hasn't fallen off a cliff, and their 1.1 goals average tells you they're finding openings. Levante, despite only creating 1.75 xG per 90 away from home, still manage a 50% win rate (5 of 10). That conversion rate demands attention. Look, Osasuna to win is a secondary thought, I guess, given they're at home and Levante's xG numbers are soft. But recent head-to-head (Osasuna 3-2 in May 2026, Levante 0-2 in December 2025) warns this game's a mess. Volatile. Unpredictable. Don't expect a shutout. BTTS remains the sharper, smarter bet.
Match stats
| Osasuna | Levante | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.28 |
| 12 | Shots | 11 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 9 | Corners | 4 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 46 | Possession % | 54 |
| 0 | Pass accuracy % | 0 |
Timeline
- 38'Iván Romero
- Aimar Oroz72'
- Rubén García72'
- 78'T. Fernández
- 78'Nacho Pérez
- A. Budimir80'
- Íñigo Arguibide81'
- Moi Gómez87'
- Kike Barja88'
- 90'Iván Romero
- Sergio Herrera90'
- 90'Oriol Rey
Head-to-head
- 2026-05-08Levante3–2Osasuna
- 2025-12-08Osasuna2–0Levante
- 2022-03-19Osasuna3–1Levante
- 2021-12-05Levante0–0Osasuna
- 2021-02-14Levante0–1Osasuna
- 2020-09-27Osasuna1–3Levante
- 2020-01-24Osasuna2–0Levante
- 2019-09-29Levante1–1Osasuna
Lineups
- 1S. HerreraG
- 23A. BretonesD
- 5J. HerrandoD
- 24A. CatenaD
- 27I. ArguibideD
- 16M. GomezM
- 8I. MunozM
- 7J. MoncayolaM
- 14R. GarciaM
- 10A. OrozF
- 17A. BudimirF
Substitutes (12)
- 6L. TorroM
- 9R. GarciaF
- 11K. BarjaF
- 13A. FernandezG
- 15D. RicoD
- 18R. MoroF
- 21J. DubasinF
- 22F. BoyomoD
- 26M. EchegoyenM
- 29A. OsambelaM
- 31RafaG
- 35U. SantosD
- 13M. RyanG
- 23M. SanchezD
- 2A. MandiD
- 4DelaD
- 29N. PerezD
- 20O. ReyM
- 24T. FernandezM
- 8J. A. OlasagastiM
- 18E. BardeliM
- 7R. BrugueM
- 9I. RomeroF
Substitutes (11)
- 1P. CunatG
- 3I. NdukweD
- 5H. SoteloM
- 6D. RequenaM
- 10C. AlvarezM
- 14J. CabelloD
- 17V. GarciaD
- 21K. Etta EyongF
- 22J. ToljanD
- 27P. CortesF
- 33M. SantosD
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