Score Prediction: Osasuna 2-2 Valencia

This could be a good one with Valencia playing positive football and Osasuna usually strong at home. The absence of David Garcia should help the visitors carve out some openings in this game but Osasuna have Chimy Avila back and that should ensure they carry plenty of threat themselves. A score draw could be on the cards.

Their 1-1 draw against the defending champions sets them up nicely for this game, although again they have a notable absentee due to a ban with key centre-back David Garcia sent off in Madrid. He will certainly be a big miss and Valencia will be hoping they can get a bit more change out of this Osasuna defence than they otherwise might have.

Los Che haven’t been quite as strong on their travels as they have been at home so far this term. They come into this one on the back of a 2-2 draw at Espanyol when a late goalkeeping howler gifted the visitors a point. Despite that piece of good fortune, Gennaro Gattuso still felt that Valencia could have gotten more out of the game and he has been a breath of fresh air at Mestalla this season with a more attacking approach than we’ve been used to from this team in recent years.

It is of course a much changed team with a host of new signings already making positive early impressions. It’s really notable how much depth they do have in some positions now, particularly in midfield where Nico Gonzalez and Yunus Musah will be hoping to forge their way back into the starting XI here. The only midfield certainly right now feels like Hugo Guillamón in the holding role with the 22 year old signing a new deal this week.



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比分预测:奥萨苏纳2-2瓦伦西亚

巴伦西亚踢出积极的足球，奥萨苏纳通常在主场很强，这可能是一个很好的比赛。大卫-加西亚的缺阵应该会帮助客队在本场比赛中创造出一些机会，但奥萨苏纳有了阿维拉的回归，这应该会确保他们自己有足够的威胁。可能会有平局。

1-1战平卫冕冠军为他们的比赛奠定了良好的基础，尽管他们又有一名重要的中后卫大卫·加西亚因为禁赛缺席，在马德里被红牌罚下。他肯定会是一个很大的缺憾，瓦伦西亚希望他们能从奥萨苏纳的防守中得到更多的改变。

到目前为止，洛切队在客场的表现并不像在主场那么强劲。他们是在2-2战平西班牙人之后才进入这一阶段的，当时客队门将的一个失误给了客队一分。尽管有这样的好运气，加图索仍然认为瓦伦西亚本可以从比赛中获得更多，本赛季他在梅斯塔拉带来了一股清新的空气，他的进攻方式比我们近年来在这支球队中所习惯的更强。

当然，这是一支变化很大的球队，许多新援已经给人留下了积极的早期印象。值得注意的是，他们现在在一些位置上的深度，特别是在中场，尼科·冈萨雷斯和尤努斯·穆萨将希望重新进入首发11人。现在唯一的中场感觉就像雨果Guillamón，这名22岁的球员在本周签下了一份新合同。