Osasuna vs Barcelona prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-09-27 19:00.
[p]A goalless draw against Valencia on Tuesday kept Osasuna in touch with La Liga’s top-four after their second clean sheet of the campaign. Consistency remains a challenge, as they are yet to win consecutive games this season (W3, D2, L2) and haven’t gone more than two matches unbeaten, something which they can change here having collected four points from their last two outings.[/p]
[p]Facing top-of-the-table Barcelona might not be the ideal scenario however, as Osasuna have lost each of the last five league H2Hs, their worst such run since November 2000. Vicente Moreno’s men can be reasonably confident of halting that sequence though, as they are yet to lose at home this season (W3, D1) and now have a chance to post four successive top-flight wins at El Sadar in a single campaign for the first time since March 2008.[/p]
[p]A 1-0 triumph over Getafe on Wednesday extended Barcelona’s winning start to a league season to seven matches for only the third time in their history, and another victory here would equal the club’s best-ever beginning to a campaign achieved 11 years ago. Manager Hansi Flick was happy with the fight displayed by his side in midweek, and a clean sheet may help settle any nerves created by Marc-André ter Stegen’s absence.[/p]
[p]With a home game against Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League on the horizon, Barça could be forgiven for prioritising Europe after their continental campaign started with a defeat to Monaco. Belief that they can maintain their domestic winning momentum will be high in any case, as the Blaugrana have scored 13 times in their four away league matches this season, nine of which came in their last two such outings.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Sergio Herrera is looking for consecutive clean sheets for the first time since February, but he’s never managed one in five league H2Hs – conceding an average of 2.6 goals per game. Looking to pile on more misery could be Robert Lewandowski, who scored Barcelona’s winner in a 2-1 victory in last season’s corresponding fixture, but he will have to be careful as Osasuna are the only team he’s been sent off against in La Liga.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: There has been at least one red card in the last four league H2Hs.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]