Barcelona head to El Sadar this weekend to face Osasuna in the first match on Saturday afternoon in La Liga encounter.

The Reds won promotion back to the top flight last season made a fine start to the season after a 1-0 victory at Leganes and a stalemate against Eibar picking up four points from a possible six, while Ernesto Valverde’s side lost their 2019-20 season opener at Athletic Bilbao, but followed that up with a 5-2 home win over Real Betis.

Team News

For Osasuna, Enrique Barja and Unai Garcia are out still with long term injuries, while Luis Perea and Inigo Perez are being monitored and face late fitness tests. ​Barcelona have a host of injury problems, with key men Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi still out injured Ousmane Dembele and Neto are also set to miss the game with injuries too, putting more pressure on Antoine Griezmann accompanied upfront by Rafinha and youngster Carles Perez.

Head to Head Record

Osasuna have played Barcelona 23 times, but Blaugrana lead the head to head with 16 wins to the Reds three.

Recent Form

Both teams are in decent form, suffering just one defeat in their last five games. However, Osasuna can say they are unbeaten so far this season, something Barca can’t after losing their opening game of the campaign.

Predicted Lineups Osasuna:

Ruben; Vidal, Hernandez, Garcia​, Estupinan; Ibanez, Tollar, Brasanac, Torres; Avila, Cardona.​

Predicted Lineups Barcelona:

​Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Roberto, Busquets, de Jong; Perez, Griezmann, Rafinha.

Prediction:

Osasuna 0-2 Barcelona