The black beast of El Sadar

Tomorrow, in El Sadar (9:00 pm), the tenth bench duel will take place, between football minds from Txuri Urdin school, between Imanol Alguacil and Jagoba Arrasate. A friendly derby, a battle between two long-serving coaches at their respective clubs, an unequal clash in terms of history to date.

Imanol Alguacil He did not give an inch in the matches against Osasuna’s Club Atlético Jagoba Arrasate. The native of Berriatua has yet to beat Oriotarra. There have been nine games, with seven wins for Real, and two draws. The balance of the scoring is clear. 17 goals in favor of txuri urdin and six for rojillos. Osasuna did not score a goal in five duels against Real, neither at El Sadar nor at Anoeta and, on the other hand, Real did not fail in any of the last nine matches, averaging almost two goals per game .

Jagoba He is the coach who has lost the most Imanol (7), preceded by Mendilibar, Iraola and Garitano (5), they are all Basque. This is one of the matchups where he has benefited the most so far, with 2.56 pts per game, without losing yet. The plenary session against Chacho Coudet, Abelard and Cerveraor the domain versus Schmidt, Sergio and Michel, They will also be mentioned. In its part, Imanol He is one of those few coaches get lost has yet to win, with the likes of the greats Zidane, Simeon either Xaviin addition to Coudet and Quique Sánchez Flores. He will take revenge and destroy the streak.

La Real dominated, as did El Sadar

The historical balance of derbies between both teams favors Real in general, but also El Sadar. They have won 18 times in Pamplona,​​​​​​​once more than Osasuna, and in total there are 47 txuri urdin wins against 23 rojillos, with 19 draws.

The last five visits to the temple of Pamplona have ended in well-deserved royalist victories. From 0-2 in 16-17 to a solid 0-2 last year, going 3-4 in 19-20 with Odegaard. There are seven games there without a win for Osasuna, who haven’t lost to Real since 11-12. He won the minimum that time, 1-0. That is nothing Imanol, who did nothing but win there. It is the black beast of El Sadar.

An Osasuna in need

The red club does not come to the derby at its best moment or season. The early and harsh European elimination has greatly reduced the football of Osasuna, who are fourteenth with 14 points, six above relegation. They have lost eight league games and have a balance of -8 goals. He has nine points less than last year at this point, when he was seventh. They are coming off two losses and one point from four games.

And this has two big reasons. The first is the defensive fragility shown, strangely despite the improvement of their defense with the signing of chain. They received 10 more goals than last year (24), with the same goals scored (16). The second, the inability to win the fort of Sadar. They have just beaten Granada, and are the eighteenth worst local team in the Primera. They need the points, and also the sensations, which makes them dangerous.

250 times Imanol

Imanol Alguacil Tomorrow he will complete a quarter of a thousand games with Real’s first team. He would become the fourth coach in club history to do so, in just 4 full seasons and 3 incomplete ones. Almost nothing. He came in with the best winning percentage in club history (48.59%, 121 wins), and the third best in losing percentage (25.7%, 64 losses), behind Ormaetxea and Lillo (this one with fewer matches). Oriotarra continues to make history.