Prediction for the match - 12 December 2021 Osasuna - Barcelona

Today, 12th December, the teams Osasuna and Barcelona will meet on the field at 15:15 (UTC). Barcelona is the favorite, at least according to the bookmakers. They give the coefficient 1.984 for the victory of the hosts.

Osasuna picked up their second successive draw last time out, though they will have been disappointed to only get a point against winless Levante, even if it was away from home. That followed a 1-1 draw with Elche and a win over San Agustin in the Copa del Rey. Prior to that, Osasuna had lost three games on the bounce, so they will be pleased to have stopped their mini slide. They are now 10th in the table with a respectable 21 points from their first 11 games. Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage for the first time in 21 years during the week, losing 3-0 to Bayern Munich for the second time this season. It was another sub-par display from a Barca side that continues to disappoint, and they now drop into the Europa League, the only competition the club has never won. Before the defeat in Bavaria, Barca lost to Real Betis in La Liga to fall four points off the top six, albeit with a game in-hand. Barca had won their two league games before that, against Espanyol and Villarreal, but many of the issues we saw under Ronald Koeman are starting to surface under Xavi Hernandez, who has been reminded of the scale of the task at hand. This could be another tricky challenge for Barca, against an Osasuna side who are relatively solid at the back, but they should edge it as they look to recover from the disappointment of midweek.

Osasuna and Barcelona have already met. At the same time, the hosts won in 1 matches. They scored the most goals to each other in the match, which took place on 26-го апреля. Then the game ended with the score 7:1 in favor of the Barcelona. If we talk about the most inconclusive match, it ended with a score of 0:2. The Barcelona was defeated then.

Osasuna is showing far from its best form. In the last 6 matches, they have only 1 wins. However they don't score so much, they average 0.83 per game. The team's defense is not the strongest side, they concede an average of 1 goals per game.

Barcelona are not in its best shape right now, they were able to win only 2 out of 6 matches. However their score on goals scored is not so high - an average of 1.17 per game. The team has a good defensive line, conceding an average of 1.33 goals per game.

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Osasuna – pre-match summary

• Goalkeeper Juan Perez is a doubt, while Jesus Areso has been ruled out.
• Chimy Avila could start after being chosen ahead of Kike Garcia last time out.
• Osasuna have flirted with a back five of late, but could well revert to their favoured 4-4-2 here.

Barcelona – pre-match summary

• Martin Braithwaite, Ansu Fati, Pedri and Sergio Aguero all remain out.
• Jordi Alba picked up an injury during the week and will miss this one, while Sergi Roberto has undergone surgery on his thigh that will keep him out for four months.
• It might well be a big ask for Ousmane Dembélé to play two games in a week following his recent return, and youngster Abde Ezzalzouli could get a star after impressing recently.