Barcelona will travel to Pamplona to face Osasuna in La Liga this Sunday in what promises to be an exciting game.
Venue: Estadio El Sadar (Pamplona)
Key Statistics
Osasuna are winless in seven La Liga games (D4, L3).
They are winless at home in three games (D2, L1).
The hosts have scored 15 goals and have also conceded 19 in La Liga this season. Out of the 15 they have scored, only five were scored at home while they conceded 11 at home.
Barcelona have won just one of their away games in La Liga this season (D3, L2).
They have scored just seven goals and conceded eight times in their La Liga road trips this season.
The visitors have failed to score in three of their last five games.
Head to head
Barcelona have an impressive record against Osasuna as they have won 17 out of 26 matches played between the two teams. Osasuna recorded just four wins in that period.
The visitors have lost only one of their last 10 matches against Osasuna and have kept five clean sheets in their last eight games
Latest Performances in all competitions
Osasuna: D-W-D-L-L
Barcelona: L-L-W-D-W
Osasuna
After an impressive start to the season that saw them compete for the league’s top spot at some point early in the season, Osasuna’s form has tallied off a bit in recent weeks.
The hosts come into this tie winless in their last seven league games. Their most recent outing saw them draw 0-0 with Levante, leaving them in 10th place and trailing fourth-placed Atletico Madrid by eight points.
‘Los Rojillos’ may be seven points better off at this stage than last season, but they are in danger of seeing their positive start to the season descend into more misery if they don’t figure out how to arrest their slump soon.
With the season gradually nearing its midway point, Jagoba Arrasate will be desperate for his side to win this game and avoid being pushed completely out of the top ten.
Possible Osasuna starting line-ups
Sergio Herrera; Nacho Vidal, Unai Garcia, David Garcia, Manuel Sanchez; Darko Brasanac, Jon Moncayola, Lucas Torro, Ruben Garcia; Chimy Avila, Ante Budimir.
Injured: Jesus Areso, Rober Ibanez
Doubtful: Kike, Juan Perez
Suspended: None
Barcelona
After their humiliating loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Barcelona return to La Liga action looking to begin their rebuilding process.
Xavi’s side lost 3-0 to their German counterparts in midweek, a game that sent them to the Europa League for the first time in 17 years. Now they travel to Pamplona looking to respond positively and get their floundering season back on track.
The Blaugrana lost their last La Liga game to Betis – their first loss under Xavi. The result ended a run of six games without defeat for the visitors and pushed them six points behind the top four places.
But an excellent record against Osasuna means Barca enter this game as the favourites. Also, a record of three goals in each of their last two league road trips (W1, D1) means that they will be positive of getting a result in this tie.
Possible Barcelona starting line-ups
Ter Stegen; Sergino Dest, Ronald Araujo, Gerard Pique, Oscar Mingueza; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Nico Gonzalez; Gavi, Yusuf Demir, Ousmane Dembele.
Injured: Martin Braithwaite, Ansu Fati, Pedri, Sergi Roberto, Sergio Aguero, Jordi Alba, Memphis Depay.
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Osasuna 1-2 Barca
