Barcelona aims to extend the lead at the top of the La Liga table by continuing their six-game winning streak in the league against visiting Osasuna.
BAR vs OSA Match Details
Date: Saturday, 8 March 2025 / Sunday, 9 March 2025
Time: 21:00 (CET), 01:30 (IST)
Venue: Estadi olímpic lluís companys, Barcelona
BAR vs OSA Match Preview
Barcelona’s Champions League Round of 16 affair against Benfica was bumpy but the Portuguese club was again slayed by Raphinha, the winning goal scorer in the chaotic 5-4 League Phase encounter at the very stadium, taking a 1-0 lead back home. 10-men down after 22 minutes with Pau Cubrasi sent-off, the traveling side had to rely on their winter signing Wojciech Szczesny to make eight saves in the match to keep them in the tie. Maintaining their unbeaten run this year, attention switches back to league action ahead of the second leg next week. Hansi Flick's side are in terrific form domestically with six wins on the trot, which has taken them back to the top spot amid some help from Real Madrid dropping points occasionally. The leaders will want to maintain their fine momentum this weekend, knowing they face second-placed Atletico Madrid, sitting a point below them, after the visit of Osasuna, making it one of the crucial periods for their season. Barcelona lost the reverse fixture 4-2, their campaign’s first loss, but haven’t slipped off in the last four home meetings with two ending in a 4-0 victory. The same scoreline thrashing of Real Sociedad in the previous league match showed the team’s determination to win the league this season.
Osasuna are going through a rough patch of form with no wins since early February, starting with a Copa del Rey elimination in the hands of Real Sociedad and a crazy 3-3 draw with relegation-threatened Valencia in the league last weekend. Even though the side has lost just twice in that period, their inability to win games has been a major concern. Sitting in 11th and accumulating 33 points from 26 games, Vicente Moreno's side are five points away from a possible European football spot. However, the point gap is set to widen if Los Rojillos fails to improve their form and keep sliding down the table. Osasuna will attempt to do a daring task in beating Barcelona at their fortress, which they did in a similar circumstance last year. Ante Budimir, who has scored the third most league goals with 14 this season, scored a match-winning brace in the reverse fixture with the team relying on the Croatian forward to fire again. However, the guests need to focus on their defence that has leaked 31 goals to avoid a thrashing from the competition’s best scoring side with 71 goals and its top-scorer Robert Lewandowski with 21 strikes.
BAR vs OSA Recent Form (all competitions)
BAR: WWDWW
OSA: LDDLD
BAR vs OSA Recent Form (La Liga)
BAR: WWWWW
OSA: WDDLD
BAR vs OSA Predicted Lineups
Barcelona
Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Pedri, De Jong; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Osasuna
Herrera; Areso, Boyomo, Catena, Cruz; Moncayola, Torro; Ruben Garcia, Oroz, Zaragoza; Budimir
BAR vs OSA Dream11 Match Prediction
Barcelona should find this challenge easy and muster a confident boosting victory ahead of a challenging week. We predict a 3-0 win for the Catalan giants.
BAR vs OSA Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Raphinha
Vice-captain Picks: Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal
BAR vs OSA Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Herrera (Cr - 7, Pts - 291)
DEF: Kounde (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 873), Cubarsi (Cr - 8, Pts - 837), Balde (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 545)
MID: Yamal (Cr - 9, Pts - 1121), Oroz (Cr - 8, Pts - 363), Olmo (Cr - 7, Pts - 610), Garcia (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 337)
FW: Budimir (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 572), Lewandowski (Cr - 9, Pts - 1334), Raphinha (Cr - 9, Pts - 1497),
Vice-captain: Robert Lewandowski
Captain: Raphinha
