Barcelona vs Osasuna: prediction for the La Liga fixture

Barcelona had an unsuccessful Champions League campaign and dropped down to the Europa League. At the first round The Blaugrana showed class and recorded a 5:3 victory on aggregate over Napoli. Team was unable to achieve success in the first leg of the round of 16, getting only a draw against Galatasaray (0:0). 

After a failure in the Spanish Cup, where Xavi's men were eliminated by Athletic, club can concentrate on La Liga and on their objective to reach the Top-4. 

After 26 rounds of the current season Barca have 13 victories and nine draws, delivering 48 points and a 4th spot in the standings. In three latest rounds team beat Valencia (4:1), Athletic (4:0) and Elche (2:1). 

Balde, Nico, Roberto, Umtiti and Fati won't feature in the upcoming match. 

Osasuna looked great at the first rounds of the season, it helped the team to get closer to European competitions zone and fans got a hope for European places. Team got off to an unsuccessful start in the Spanish Cup, after a successful start Pamplonians suffered an unexpected defeat to Girona (0:3). After 27 rounds of La Liga the Reds have nine victories and eight draws, delivering 35 points and an 11th spot in the standings. After a draw against Espanyol (1:1) visitors were beaten by Villarreal (1:5) and beat Getafe (2:0). 

Areso won't be able to play due to a wrist injury.