In a very successful season, the squad led by coach Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo earned the seventh spot that grants access to the Conference League Play-Off. With an interesting squad, a few Osasuna players stood out in this La Liga Edition. To understand their impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defense used for almost the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Osasuna’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Premier League).
Star Player:
- A. Fernández (GK) – 7.20
With the clear highest average rating in this squad,Osasuna’s GK – A. Fernández – was one of the main reasons for the positive season achieved. The enormous consistency between the posts allowed Osasuna to obtain points in quite difficult games.
Other Key Player:
- M. Gómez (M&W) – 6.83
With this team, we also need to emphasise the average rating obtained by Moi Gómez, a player with great performances in two positions: Midfielder (M) and Winger (W).
Additional information regarding the team (La Liga).
With a lot more positive results at home than away (11 Home Wins & 4 Away Wins), it is possible to say that Osasuna was a much stronger team at home. The negative goal difference highlights the good defense showned by this team (1,11 goals per game) but with a poor offensive setup (0,97 goals per game).
Position most in need of strengthening:
- M
Looking at the most used players, we can see that Osasuna should buy solid players for their midfield. In this Osasuna squad, the midfielders (Ms) were the players with the worst average rating of the players with the most minutes played.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.