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Played
February 11, 2012 7:00 PM GMT
Estadio El Sadar — Pamplona (Iruñea)
Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero
Attendance: 18000
February 11, 2012 7:00 PM GMT
Estadio El Sadar — Pamplona (Iruñea)
Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero
Attendance: 18000
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| Osasuna | 11.00 | 1.55 | 11.50 | 1.17 | 11.00 | 13.00 | 1.03 | 13.00 | 8.50 |
| Draw | 5.25 | 2.90 | 5.25 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 6.10 | 5.25 |
| Barcelona | 1.30 | 7.50 | 1.26 | 29.00 | 1.30 | 1.22 | 70.00 | 1.26 | 1.30 |
La Liga Preview: Osasuna - Barcelona
Pep Guardiola's side are back on La Liga duty after successfully progressing to the Copa del Rey final as they travel to face Jose Luis Mendilibar's men in Pamplona
By Martin Macdonald
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PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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OSASUNA
 Fernandez Bertran, Flano, Segio, Satrustegui Punal Damia, Nekounam, Garcia
Nino, Balde
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BARCELONA
 Valdes Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal Xavi, Mascherano, Thiago Messi, Cesc, Sanchez |
Sergio Busquets is doubtful for Barcelona after he suffered a nasty gash to the knee in last weekend's win over Real Sociedad and missed the Copa del Rey semi-final victory against Valencia on Wednesday. The Spain international did train on Thursday but may not be fully fit.
Pedro is also lacking match fitness after only recently returning to training after a knee injury and Barca are still without long-term absentees Andreu Fontas, Ibrahim Afellay, and David Villa.
On a positive note, Andres Iniesta made a cameo appearance in midweek and could be in contention to feature against Osasuna. Victor Valdes will be restored to the starting XI in replace of Jose Pinto.
Jose Luis Mendilibar has a few first team players who are absent for the match at Reyno de Navarra. Masoud Shojaei and Kike Sola continue to exercise apart from their team-mates and are still to resume full training with the squad.
Javier Calleja and Alvara Cejudo did, however, train with the rest of the squad this week as they continue their rehabilitation.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- The last match between Barcelona and Osasuna ended in a 2-1 victory for the Catalan side in the Copa del Rey in January. Alexis Sanchez and Sergi Roberto both scored to seal the win.
- After the victory over Valencia on Wednesday that saw progression in the Copa del Rey, Pep Guardiola has led his side to 12 finals in three and a half years in charge.
- In the last three meetings against Osasuna, Barcelona have scored 14 times.
- Osasuna have not collected a victory in nine games. Their last win came against Villarreal on December 18th.
- Jose Luis Mendilibar's men are currently 9th in La Liga after notching up 28 points from 21 games played.
- Osasuna have the third worst goal difference in La Liga. They have scored 23 goals but conceded 33 so far.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Osasuna 0-3 Barcelona
- 19.75 %
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Osasuna 0-4 Barcelona
- 13.58 %
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Osasuna 1-3 Barcelona
- 7.54 %
| La Liga (LIGA) | 11 Feb 2012 | Osasuna 3 - Barcelona 2 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | 12 Jan 2012 | Osasuna 1 - Barcelona 2 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | 4 Jan 2012 | Barcelona 4 - Osasuna 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | 17 Sep 2011 | Barcelona 8 - Osasuna 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | 23 Apr 2011 | Barcelona 2 - Osasuna 0 |
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Osasuna
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| 13 May 2012 | Racing Santander 2 - Osasuna 4 | LIGA |
| 5 May 2012 | Osasuna 1 - Real Sociedad 0 | LIGA |
| 2 May 2012 | Valencia 4 - Osasuna 0 | LIGA |
| 28 Apr 2012 | Villarreal 1 - Osasuna 1 | LIGA |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Osasuna 1 - Málaga 1 | LIGA |
Barcelona
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| 25 May 2012 | Athletic de Bilbao 0 - Barcelona 3 | ESPC |
| 12 May 2012 | Betis 2 - Barcelona 2 | LIGA |
| 5 May 2012 | Barcelona 4 - Espanyol 0 | LIGA |
| 2 May 2012 | Barcelona 4 - Málaga 1 | LIGA |
| 29 Apr 2012 | Rayo Vallecano 0 - Barcelona 7 | LIGA |
| Returns: | Osasuna £130.00 |
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| Returns: | Draw £61.00 |
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| Returns: | Barcelona £290.00 |
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| 25 | Andrés Fernández | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Marc Bertrán | Defender |
| 4 | Miguel Flaño | Defender |
| 20 | Jukka Raitala | Defender |
| 23 | Sergio | Defender |
| 6 | Javad Nekounam | Midfielder |
| 10 | Patxi Puñal | Midfielder |
| 14 | Raúl García | Midfielder |
| 16 | Álvaro Cejudo | Midfielder |
| 9 | Dejan Lekic | Striker |
| 17 | Nino | Striker |
| 13 | Asier Riesgo | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Manuel Ortiz Toribio | Midfielder |
| 24 | Damià | Defender |
| 11 | Javier Calleja | Midfielder |
| 22 | Timor | Midfielder |
| 19 | Ibrahima | Striker |
| 21 | Roland Lamah | Midfielder |
| 1 | Víctor Valdés | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Daniel Alves | Defender |
| 3 | Gerard Piqué | Defender |
| 5 | Carles Puyol | Defender |
| 22 | Éric Abidal | Defender |
| 11 | Thiago Alcántara | Midfielder |
| 14 | Javier Mascherano | Midfielder |
| 30 | Sergi Roberto | Midfielder |
| 9 | Alexis Sánchez | Striker |
| 10 | Lionel Messi | Striker |
| 17 | Pedro | Striker |
| 13 | José Pinto Colorado | Goalkeeper |
| 21 | Adriano | Midfielder |
| 4 | Cesc Fàbregas | Midfielder |
| 6 | Xavi | Midfielder |
| 28 | Dos Santos | Midfielder |
| 8 | Andrés Iniesta Luján | Midfielder |
| - | Joan Isaac Cuenca Lopez | Striker |
| 37 | Tello | Striker |
| Patxi Puñal | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 10 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 35 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
The Osasuna captain will likely be employed just in front of his defence against Barca so he must be on top of his game if he is to squeeze the space and act as an effective shield for the back line.
| Xavi | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 6 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Came back into the first XI for the victory over Valencia in the cup and instantly added his class to the proceedings and grabbed an excellent goal. Expect him to be the orchestrator of the match and pick out passes at will.
Barca have scored 14 goals in their last three games against Osasuna so the Catalans will probably have little problem in breaking down the defence of the home side. The hosts obviously need to keep things tight at the back but their recent form suggests this will be a comfortable victory for Pep Guardiola's side.
Results
Times In GMT
Match News
Top Scorers
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Lionel Messi
Striker Barcelona |
50 | 10 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Striker Real Madrid |
46 | 12 |
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Radamel Falcao
Striker Atlético Madrid |
24 | 5 |
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Gonzalo Higuaín
Striker Real Madrid |
22 | 0 |
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Karim Benzema
Striker Real Madrid |
21 | 0 |
