Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Sunday’s clash.
Team News
Barcelona
- Barcelona will miss 5 players through injury: Gerard Pique, Ronald Araujo, Samuel Umtiti, Sergi Roberto, and Ansu Fati.
- Leo Messi and Frenkie de Jong return to the squad after resting against Dynamo Kyiv while Sergio Busquets receives the medical all-clear.
Here’s Barca’s squad for the match:
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Osasuna
- Osasuna will be without injured centre-back David Garcia and several strikers, namely Jonathan Calleri, Adrian Lopez and Chimy Avila, once a Barca transfer target.
- They welcome back centre-back Aridane Hernandez, though.
Key Stats
- Barca have won 33 out of 35 La Liga games.
- The Catalans have won 5 out of 9 last league fixtures against Osasuna.
- However, the Blaugrana side failed to beat them last season, drawing 2-2 away and losing 2-1 at home.
Probable line-ups
Barca XI: Ter Stegen; Dest, Mingueza, Lenglet, Alba; De Jong, Pjanic; Coutinho, Messi, Dembele; Griezmann.
Osasuna XI: Herrera; Roncaglia, U Garcia, Navas; Vidal, Moncayola, Oier, Perez, Jony; Budimir, R Garcia. (h/t Sports Mole)
Manager quotes
💬 Ronald Koeman (Barca): “We have seven games before the end of the year and the time to react in the league is now. We have to reduce the gap between the teams at the top.”
💬 Jagoba Arrasate (Osasuna): “At the Camp Nou, Barcelona is a different team and it is still a fearsome team, capable of beating Villarreal, Betis … I hope for the best Barcelona.”
Predictions
Sports Mole‘s Matt Law: Barca 2-0 Osasuna
“Barca simply have to get their La Liga campaign up and running, and there is a lot of pressure on Koeman ahead of this match. Osasuna are certainly capable of making it an uncomfortable 90 minutes, but we are finding it difficult to back anything other than a comfortable home success here.”
90min‘s Alec Larkin-Riley: Barca 3-0 Osasuna
“Barca come into it as favourites, of course, but with the side not playing particularly well they’ll need to up their game to avoid another disastrous result this weekend.”
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