La Liga Preview: Barcelona - Osasuna

Barcelona

0 vs 0

Osasuna

Pre Match
September 17, 2011 7:00 PM BST
Camp Nou, Barcelona — Barcelona
Referee:‬ Cesar Muniz Fernandez‎

                                                          

Pep Guardiola's men look to regain their form after two consecutive draws as Jose Luis Mendilibar brings his side to Camp Nou

Barcelona: (4-1-2-3): Valdes; Alves, Mascherano, Puyol, Abidal; Busquets, Fabregas, Xavi; Pedro, Messi, Villa

Osasuna: (4-3-3): Fernandez; Raitala, Roversio, Flano, Bertran; Lama, Punal, Raul Garcia; Cejudo, Sola, Nino

• In Barcelona's only two defeats in La Liga last season, captain Carles Puyol was not involved in either match.
• In this fixture last season, Lionel Messi scored his 50th competitive goal of the 2010-11 campaign.
• David Villa has not scored a goal in La Liga since this very match last season on April 23rd.
• Barca scored exactly 50 more goals in La Liga last season than Osasuna.
• The last league goal that Osasuna managed to score against Barcelona came on October 31st 2009, in the form of an injury time own goal from Gerard Pique to give the hosts an unlikely draw.
• Osasuna's top goalscorer in the league last season was Kike Sola with seven goals. Barcelona had four players who scored more last campaign.
• Osasuna's biggest win of the campaign last year was 4-0 and came against Barcelona's city rivals, Espanyol.
• The away side were quick out of the blocks after half time in La Liga last season, having scored the majority of their goals between the 46th minute and the 60th minute.