Girona vs Osasuna Prediction: Michel’s boys look set to bounce back

After gaining a place in this season’s Champions League, Girona have not had the start to the campaign they wanted, having claimed just one point from their opening two games.

Michel’s side will be looking to put that right when they face Osasuna at Estadio Municipal de Montilivi on Thursday (18:00), a team they beat 2-0 in their last meeting in March.

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Girona boss Michel has no fresh injury concerns and could select an unchanged team for his team’s second league home match of the campaign.

Osasuna defender Ruben Pena is struggling with a muscle injury while Iker Munoz (foot) and Kike Barja (knee) have been ruled out.

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Girona are 8/11 to come out on top in Thursday’s game while Osasuna are 18/5 to take three points.

The draw is available at 11/4 while it is 8/11 that the match will feature at least three goals.

New Girona signing Bojan Miovski is 4/1 favourite to score the first goal and it is 8/11 that both teams will find the net.

Girona to win & over 2.5 goals @ 8/5

Girona need to pick themselves up after their 3-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid at the weekend, but they should get back to winning ways after a strong finish in their closing home games of the last campaign.

Michel’s team won 12 of their final 15 matches on their own patch last term and 10 of those contests featured at least three goals, so a return to familiar surroundings could do them the world of good.

Osasuna won 4-1 at Atletico in their final away game of last season but that was one of just three wins in their final 15 road outings.

Bet Builder - Girona to win, Yangel Herrera to be booked & under 9.5 corners @ 7/1

Girona’s strong home record points towards them getting three points and two elements should be combined with a win for the hosts.

Home midfielder Yangel Herrera can be expected to be in the thick of the action and he has committed a total of six fouls in their opening two games, so a first booking of the campaign for the Venezuelan, who was cautioned nine times last season, may not be too far away.

It could also pay to go low on corners. While Girona have averaged 6.5 in their first two games and Osasuna six, it should be remembered that only three La Liga teams accumulated fewer than Girona’s average of 4.18 per match, while their opponents on Thursday mustered an average of 4.45 per game, so go for under 9.5 in this clash.

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