Can Pamplona provide the launchpad for a second-half-of-season charge?

Team News:

- CA Osasuna: Miguel Flaño, Javier Flaño, Didier Digard and Nauzet (all injured)

- Malaga CF: Miguel Torres, Federico Ricca, Weligton, Zdravko Kuzmanovic and Sandro (all injured); Youssef En-Nesyri and Bakary Kone (Africa Cup of Nations duty) 

Match Facts:

Osasuna (20th, 9 pts) 

- Petar Vasiljevic's strugglers are winless in 11 but will see their first game of the second half of the season as the perfect opportunity to start afresh and spark an upturn in their fortunes.

- A curious titbit: all 20 of Osasuna's goals in the first half of the campaign came from Spanish players (including a Vicente Iborra own goal). They are the only LaLiga club for whom this is the case.

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Malaga (14th, 21 pts)  - Following defeats to Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and RC Celta, new coach Marcelo Romero will be hoping to collect his first win in charge against the basement boysand guide his side back towards the European places.

- The stats make encouraging reading for the Andalusians, who have only lost three of their last 14 league meetings with Osasuna.

Getting to El Sadar

C/ Sadar, 31006, Pamplona (Navarre)  Stadium location here

Time: 20:45 CET Stadium: El Sadar  Referee: De Burgos Bengoetxea, Ricardo TV: Watch the game in your country  Hashtag: #OsasunaMálaga 

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