Atletico Madrid 4-0 Osasuna result, stats and report

Four goals. Zero conceded. Twenty-seven shots to three. If you want to know what total dominance looks like in La Liga, this was it. Atletico Madrid did not just beat Osasuna on Wednesday evening. They took them apart methodically, professionally, and without mercy. Final score: Atletico Madrid 4, Osasuna 0.

The Basics Were Not Competed For

The thing is, this was over as a contest long before the final whistle. Osasuna came into this match having lost two of their last three La Liga fixtures, conceding seven goals along the way. They lost to Deportivo Alaves 5-2 just ten days before this game. You do not walk into the Metropolitano in that kind of shape and expect to leave with anything. You certainly do not leave with your dignity if you cannot even manufacture a single shot on target.

Atletico won 68 per cent of the ball. They created ten big chances. Ten. Osasuna created one. Their goalkeeper made seven saves to keep the scoreline from becoming genuinely embarrassing, and even that tells you everything. The only reason it was not six or seven is that Atletico missed seven big chances of their own. That is the one thing Simeone's side will not be satisfied with. You earn the right to be clinical. You waste chances like that against a top side, you get punished. End of.

Jonathan David Opens the Door

The opening goal arrived on 24 minutes. Jonathan David, who had been causing problems all afternoon, finished with his right foot to put Atletico in front. It was the kind of goal that settles a crowd and unsettles a visiting side. Osasuna had no response. Their defensive shape crumbled under sustained pressure and they never recovered.

David's influence ran through the entire first half. He was involved in the second goal too, providing the assist for Kang-in Lee, who finished from the right foot on 54 minutes to make it 2-0. By that point the game was done. Osasuna's manager threw on three substitutions within 60 minutes, which tells you he had already accepted the result and was thinking about the next fixture. That is not a mentality. That is surrender.

The Second Half Was a Formality

Robin Le Normand added a third on 63 minutes with a right-foot finish. A centre-back scoring from open play tells you how comfortable Atletico were at that point. Osasuna had zero corners all game. Zero. They could not even build any pressure from set pieces because they could not get into positions to win them. Atletico had eight corners. They dominated every single department.

Álex Baena put the fourth past the Osasuna goalkeeper on 82 minutes, assisted by Johnny Cardoso. By that stage, Atletico had already rotated heavily. David came off at 68 minutes. So did Lookman, who had picked up a yellow card for a foul on 50 minutes, and Cristian Romero. Atletico were managing their squad by the final quarter. Osasuna were just hoping it would end.

Osasuna's Standards Are Nowhere Near Good Enough

Listen, I do not want to spend too long on Osasuna because this was not a competition. Across their last ten La Liga matches before this one, they had two wins, one draw, and seven losses. They had conceded 18 goals in that sample. Eighteen. That is not a team with a defensive problem. That is a team that has stopped competing defensively. There is a difference.

Going into a match at Atletico Madrid, the very minimum you do is make them work for it. You compete for every second ball. You stay compact. You make yourself difficult to break down. Osasuna did none of that. Atletico won 54 duels to Osasuna's 31. They completed 580 successful passes to Osasuna's 232. Osasuna's pass success rate was 74 per cent, which sounds acceptable until you realise most of those passes were going sideways or backwards under no pressure whatsoever.

Two yellow cards for the visitors, both for fouls, both late in the match when the game was already finished. That is not accountability. That is frustration. There is a version of Osasuna that comes here and makes this difficult. This was not that version.

Atletico Are Back to What They Should Be

Atletico Madrid had lost to Athletic Club 3-0 just eleven days before this. That result stood out as a blot. A bad one. You do not concede three and score nothing against any side if your standards are where they need to be. But the response here was exactly right. Three wins from their last four La Liga matches going into this game. They have now won four of five in that recent sample, and the defeat to Athletic Club looks increasingly like an outlier rather than a trend.

The attitude was correct from the first whistle. They pressed when they needed to. They played through the lines when Osasuna sat off. They scored four and hit the woodwork once. They kept a clean sheet. Atletico's goalkeeper was barely tested, making just one save all evening. That is what a professional performance looks like.

The thing is, Atletico Madrid at home, in form, against a side with no confidence and no defensive organisation, was always going to produce this result. The scoreline was comfortable and right. The only debate is whether they should have scored more. I think they should have. Seven big chances missed is a number that will not sit well in the dressing room. It should not. Standards are standards, regardless of the final score.

Verdict

Atletico Madrid were excellent. Osasuna were not good enough to compete at this level on this occasion. Jonathan David, Kang-in Lee, Robin Le Normand, and Álex Baena all got on the scoresheet. The 68 per cent possession, 27 shots, and clean sheet tell the full story. Atletico reminded everyone what they are capable of when they bring the right attitude. Osasuna have serious questions to answer about their defensive standards. End of.