FC Barcelona vs Osasuna preview: Guests will have a hard job at Camp Nou

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Camp Nou (98787 seats)

FC Barcelona have performed excellent football this season, being 3rd place in the table. Osasuna can look both direction in the table from the 11th place.

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona is in the best form (5-1-0) in La Liga

The hosts Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Galatasaray, was also a home game here at Camp Nou. The away team is better rested.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

FC Barcelona have performed here at Camp Nou this season with 8 wins from 12 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. FC Barcelona has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Real Betis defeat 99 days ago.

Defender Alba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Alba hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the La Liga match versus Elche with a 2-1 scoreline.

FC Barcelona are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.

The manager Xavi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Galatasaray in only four days.

Barcelona can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 27 times. FC Barcelona have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Osasuna form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Osasuna playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.

Osasuna won their last game, 1-0 versus Villarreal played at home. Herrera was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.65. The agile goalkeeper Herrera topped it up with a clean sheet.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Real Sociedad wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visiting Osasuna have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Osasuna as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Osasuna - Barcelona 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Barcelona six wins, three draws and Osasuna one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
10 goals
FC BarcelonaL. de Jong
L. de Jong
5 goals
OsasunaE. García Martínez
E. García Martínez
5 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Osasuna missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Barcelona Osasuna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 27
13 8 3 Won W 0 6 9
9 2 0 Drew D 1 2 8
4 2 0 Lost L 3 5 10
48 27 8 Scored S 0 15 26
29 13 1 Conceded C 4 12 31
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 81%
77% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 63%
54% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 33%
38% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 22%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 11%
65% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 33%
23% 25% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 41%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 54% 44%
 
5.7 6.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.5
3.5 2.2 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.8 4.4
2.6 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.3 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.9 11.5
5.2 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.4
36% 38% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 28%
 
9.8 8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 12.4 10.9
3.2 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 3.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • FC Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Barcelona is in the best form (5-1-0) in La Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 FC Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 27 10 10 7 32 26 13 7 2 4 22 14 14 3 8 3 10 12 6 40
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 27 3 9 15 29 54 13 2 6 5 16 21 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 18

Osasuna:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 FC Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 27 10 10 7 32 26 13 7 2 4 22 14 14 3 8 3 10 12 6 40
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 27 3 9 15 29 54 13 2 6 5 16 21 14 1 3 10 13 33 -25 18

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