Osasuna v Girona Match Preview, 04/06/2023

Match Facts

1. This will be the second meeting between Osasuna and Girona in LaLiga after the duel in the reverse fixture this season at Montilivi that ended 1-1 with Kike Barja and David Lopez goals.
2. Osasuna have only won two of their last eight official games against Girona (D3 L3), both in the final of the promotion playoffs to LaLiga in the 15/16 season.
3. Girona have won just one of their last six away games against Osasuna in all competitions (D1 L4), 1-0 in November 2015 in LaLiga SmartBank, having won two of their previous four away duels against the Navarrese side (L2).
4. Osasuna have lost four of their last six matches in LaLiga (W2), the same defeats as in their previous 12 matches in the competition (W4 D4 L4).
5. Girona haven´t won any of their last four games in LaLiga (D2 L2), their second-worst winless run this season, following seven winless games between September and October 2022 (D3 L4).
6. Only Mallorca (12) have scored more headed goals than Osasuna and Girona in LaLiga this season (10, the same as Sevilla). The Navarre side is one of only two teams to have scored 10 or more headed goals in each of the last two league campaigns, along with Sevilla.
7. Chimy Ávila has scored eight goals in 28 games for Osasuna in LaLiga 22/23, seven of them to open the scoring. Only Robert Lewandowski and Antoine Griezmann (8) have scored the first goal of the game more times than the Argentine in this league season (seven also Borja Iglesias and Iñaki Williams).
8. Cristhian Stuani has scored 49 goals in 96 games for Girona in LaLiga and can become the first player from the Girona side to reach 50 goals in the competition. In total, the Uruguayan has scored 34% of the club's goals in the top-flight (49/144 including own goals).
9. Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate hasn´t won any of his six meetings with Míchel Sánchez in all competitions (D5 L1). Only against Diego Pablo Simeone (G10 L10) and Imanol Alguacil (G9 D2 L7) has he managed more matches without a win in his coaching career.
10. Michel Sánchez has only lost one of his five meetings with Osasuna in all competitions (W1 D3), 0-3 with Rayo Vallecano in September 2017 in LaLiga SmartBank, and unbeaten in the two with Girona (W1 D1).