Comments on Athletic Bilbao vs Osasuna: Turn the tide

Athletic Bilbao entered the second leg of the 2022/23 King's Cup semi-final with great pressure because only a victory can help them keep their hopes up.

Accordingly, the Basque team lost 0-1 to Osasuna in the first leg a month ago and to have a ticket to the final, Bilbao must win the second leg. Or at least, they have to have a similar victory 1-0 to bring the game into injury time.

If you look at the actual performance, Bilbao is a name that can be trusted when they only won 1 and drew 1 in those 2 rounds recently in the Spanish league. It should also be noted that coach Ernesto Valverde's teachers and students have a psychological advantage when playing at home to San Mames and a 1-0 victory is not too difficult a task.

On the other hand, Osasuna could no longer maintain the same confidence as in the first leg confrontation. As proof, the away team Osasuna has just lost 2 and drawn 2 in the last 4 matches. If counting matches away from home, Osasuna is not a team that can be trusted when winning only 1 match in the last 10 matches in all competitions.

- Athletic Bilbao: Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, I Martinez, Yuri; D Garcia, Vesga; N Williams, Sancet, Muniain; I Williams.

- Osasuna: Herrera; Moncayola, Aridane, D Garcia, Cruz; Torro, M Gomez, Oroz; R Garcia, Budimir, Ezzalzouli.