Barcelona vs Osasuna Line up,stats and predictions
The match between the camp Nou giant and the visitors today should be a straight forward win for Barcelona but Osasuna has held there own against the big guns in La Liga this season.
Barcelona were a bit complacent in there last match in la Liga needing a last minute penalty from Dutch forward Memphis Depay to secure all three points in their last game in la Liga against Elche.
Prior to thier last home game in the Europa league against Galatasaray where they played out a goaless draw,the Catalonia club has impressed at home scoring at least three two goals in thier last four home games.
The first leg in Pamplona ended all square 1:1, with Osasuna scoring a dying minutes goal to snatch a draw.
Osasuna is currently occupying the 12th position and are neither fighting for relegation or European spots.
Osasuna were narrowly defeated by Real Sociedad and held their own against Real Madrid. They defeated Villarreal last week, which showed their bravery against big teams.
Line up
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Alves, Piqué, Lenglet, Alba; Pedri, Busquets, Gavi; Dembélé, Aubameyang, Ferran
Osasuna (4-4-2): Herrera; Vidal, D. Garcia, Cruz, Sanchez; Torres, Moncayola, Torro, R. Garcia; K. Garcia, Budimir
Key Stats
Barcelona have won 11 of their last 13 home La Liga games against Osasuna (L2), scoring a total of 46 goals in those matches.
Osasuna have avoided defeat in three of their last five meetings with Barcelona in La Liga.
Barcelona have won their last three La Liga games – their best run in the competition since winning six in a row between February and April 2021 under Ronald Koeman.
Osasuna have won just two of their last nine La Liga away matches (D2 L5), failing to score in seven of them.
With Ferran Torres’ goal against Elche, Barcelona now have 21 different goalscorers in La Liga this season. It is the most for any team in Europe’s big five leagues in the 2021/22 season.
PREDICTION
Osasuna are a tricky side that know how to cause Barça problems, but I’ll still trust the home team to get the job done and keep the good run going: 3-1 to the good guys.
Barcelona has also scored a lot of goals,so for those that love to carry teams with goals Barcelona have scored at least three goals in thier last five games.The collective form of Adama Traore, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frenkie de Jong should help the Blaugrana get over the line, with another narrow victory on the cards for Xavi Hernandez’s side on Sunday.