La Liga Gameweek 1 Tue, Aug 19 · 20:00 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
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Our take

Real Madrid were clear favourites.

Real Madrid were the stronger side on L90 Strength (88 vs 58). Absences weigh more on Real Madrid. Real Madrid had ? days of rest, Osasuna ? and had to travel 317 km.

Away travel317 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Real Madrid67%
Draw20%
Osasuna12%
Expected goals 2.10 – 0.78
Real Madrid69%
Draw19%
Osasuna12%
Expected goals 2.21 – 0.81
Real Madrid68%
Draw20%
Osasuna12%
Expected goals 2.13 – 0.76
Real Madrid60%
Draw23%
Osasuna17%
Expected goals 1.87 – 0.88
Real Madrid68%
Draw20%
Osasuna13%
Expected goals 2.18 – 0.84
Over 2.5 55% Both score 48% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Madrid)

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Referee · SpainAdrian Cordero Vega
  • Cards per match 5.7
  • Penalties per match 0.67
  • Matches 3

Team strength

Real MadridOsasuna
88 L90 StrengthIn forecast 58
89 Current StrengthIn forecast 46
89 AttackIn forecast 50
85 DefenceIn forecast 50
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Real Madrid

Attack—
Defense risk—

Osasuna

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Real MadridOsasuna
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— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
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— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
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— Clean sheetsContext —
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— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
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— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
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— PossessionIn forecast —
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— FoulsContext —
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This league season, per match
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.78 xGVia Att/Def 1.37
1.41 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.20
-0.18 Goals minus xGContext +0.13
90% Scored inContext 90%
50% Clean sheetsContext 40%
17.10 ShotsContext 12.30
6.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.20
36% On target shareContext 34%
10.10 Shots in the boxContext 9.10
61% Box shareContext 72%
9% ConversionContext 12%
2.25 OffsidesContext 1.33
11.20 Shots allowedContext 12.90
4.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.40
3.13 BlocksContext 3.75
3.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.40
69% Save rateContext 82%
58% PossessionIn forecast 45%
532 PassesContext 372
474 Accurate passesContext 304
89% Pass accuracyContext 82%
7.26 Team ratingContext 7.06
9.30 FoulsContext 13.30
13.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.60
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 1.70
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Real Madrid
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Osasuna
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel317 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Real Madrid Osasuna
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km317 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one54.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Real Madrid Confirmed XI
1T. Courtois(G) 12T. Alexander-Arnold 3Éder Militão 24D. Huijsen 18Álvaro Fernández 8F. Valverde 14A. Tchouaméni 15A. Güler 21Brahim Díaz 10K. Mbappé 7Vinícius
+5 more reported missing outside this XI
Osasuna Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
1Sergio Herrera(G)
3Juan Cruz 24Catena 22F. Boyomo
23Abel Bretones 6Lucas Torró 7Moncayola 19V. Rosier
10Aimar Oroz 14Rubén García
17A. Budimir
+1 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Real Madrid Scores -0.03 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Osasuna Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Real Madrid-1.1 pp
  • Draw+0.4 pp
  • Osasuna+0.7 pp

Home / Away this season

Real Madrid · Home No home games yet this season.
Osasuna · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

6 Real Madrid wins4 draws0 Osasuna wins
Goals per game2.10 – 0.50 Over 2.540% Both scored40% Clean sheets60% · 20%
  • 15 Feb 2025Osasuna1–1Real Madrid
  • 9 Nov 2024Real Madrid4–0Osasuna
  • 16 Mar 2024Osasuna2–4Real Madrid
  • 7 Oct 2023Real Madrid4–0Osasuna
  • 18 Feb 2023Osasuna0–2Real Madrid
  • 2 Oct 2022Real Madrid1–1Osasuna

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Adrian Cordero Vega Spain · 3 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards5.33league 3.11
Red cards0.33league 0.44
Cards 5+67%league 33%
Fouls28.0league 23.0
Penalties0.67league 0.33
Home wins100%league 44%
Real Madrid

No previous matches with this referee.

Osasuna1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.4.0 · 3.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W24 Apr 25H · Sevilla1–04

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Real Madrid
No complete event data.
Osasuna
No complete event data.
Real Madrid10 games · scored 16 · conceded 12
2 1 0-15
1 1 16-30
4 3 31-45
1 1 46-60
4 4 61-75
4 2 76-90
Osasuna10 games · scored 15 · conceded 10
1 1 0-15
3 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
5 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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