VS
Espanyol vs Osasuna is a Spanish league matchup built on restraint and small margins. Osasuna have often made the contest difficult to open, but Espanyol have answered with home wins and the exchange includes repeated draws. One-goal victories and a 2–0 Osasuna success sit alongside goalless meetings, so neither side can rely on a fixed script. The interest comes from the narrow space between control and response.
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Starting eleven
Substitutes Osasuna
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13G
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31G
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6M
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35D
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18F
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29M
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30F
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22D
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23D
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20M
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21F
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26M
Espanyol Substitutes
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F
22
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M
26
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D
16
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G
1
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M
20
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D
3
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F
17
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D
32
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M
10
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M
11
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D
14
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F
15
Match events
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3'⚽Roberto Fernández Jaén Normal Goal (Asst: Marcos Fernández)
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17'⚽Roberto Fernández Jaén Normal Goal (Asst: Omar El Hilali)
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19'Rubén García Goal cancelled
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30'Enrique Barja Alfonso Yellow Card
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39'Jon Moncayola Yellow Card
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40'Clemens Riedel Yellow Card
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45'Omar El Hilali Yellow Card
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45'Abel Bretones Diego Rico
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59'Asier Osambela Íñigo Arguibide
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60'Raul Moro Rubén García
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60'Jonathan Dubasin Enrique Barja Alfonso
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66'Gabriel Moscardo Marcos Fernández
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66'Álex Calatrava Torrado Tyrhys Dolan
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71'Romain Del Castillo Raul García
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80'Pere Milla Roberto Fernández Jaén
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80'Bryan Zaragoza Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa
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87'Roger Hinojo Yellow Card
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89'Vanja Drkusic Eduardo Expósito Jaén
Stats for this game
Matchup Espanyol VS Osasuna
Small margins dominate
The balance leans toward Osasuna across the modern sequence, but the scorelines usually keep the contest open. In December 2019, Osasuna won 4–2 away at Espanyol, one of the pairing’s more open scorelines. Their Copa del Rey meeting in January 2021 was more controlled, finishing 2–0 to Osasuna. Together, those games show both the side’s ability to create separation and the fixture’s tendency to stay within reach.
Responses across the season
The 2022–2023 league meetings returned to the matchup’s tighter rhythm. Osasuna won 1–0 at home in October 2022, then Espanyol and Osasuna drew 1–1 in Barcelona in February 2023. Espanyol have also supplied home answers in other seasons, while goalless draws have repeatedly interrupted either side’s momentum. The pattern gives this fixture its identity: Osasuna often find the decisive margin, yet Espanyol can make home advantage count and a match can remain level deep into the schedule. The appeal is found in those fine differences, rather than in a recurring runaway result. A modest scoreline can therefore conceal a meaningful shift in the balance, especially when the home side finds an equaliser. A future meeting will again be measured by whether either side can turn a small advantage into separation.