Club World Cup champions Real Madrid will strive to close the gap to La Liga leaders Barcelona when they face Osasuna on Saturday.
Los Blancos have fallen a hefty eight points behind their closest rivals but will have the chance to ramp up the pressure before Barcelona face Cadiz the following day.
Before they can think of chasing Barcelona, however, they must overcome an Osasuna side who sit ninth in the table with a perfectly balanced goal difference of zero.
Here’s all you need to know about this one.
Osasuna vs Real Madrid H2H Results (Last Five Games)
Current Form (Last Five Games)
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Osasuna team news
Barcelona loanee Abde Ezzalzouli is back from suspension and should start his own mini-Clasico here, but Ezequiel Avila and Juan Cruz have earned bans of their own which will keep them out of action.
Aimar Oroz, Ruben Pena and Nacho Vidal are all injured.
(4-3-3): Fernandez; Moncayola, Aridane, U Garcia, Sanchez; Ibanez, Torro, M Gomez; Ezzalzouli, Budimir, K Garcia.
Real Madrid team news
Like Abde, Vinicius Junior will also return from suspension, and there’ll be a massive boost in goal after Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Thibaut Courtois will make his return here.
Toni Kroos has been battling a stomach bug which could keep him out of the squad alongside the injured Ferland Mendy and Eden Hazard.
(4-3-3): Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Alaba; Modric, Tchouameni, Ceballos; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius.
Few teams have been able to neutralise Real Madrid with the same efficiency as Osasuna in recent years. Three draws from their last five meetings, all of which have been since the start of 2021, prove as much.
Osasuna games tend to be low-scoring affairs so expect the hosts to make this really awkward for Real, who simply must win here to keep any semblance of pressure on Barcelona.
Fortunately, with most of their heavy hitters available once again, Real should have enough to get the win.
Prediction: Osasuna 0-1 Real Madrid
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