Barcelona ease past Osasuna with a 2-0 victory away
Barcelona celebrate a win on the road, as Osasuna are despatched
Osasuna on Saturday lost to Barca on a home defeat at the Estadio El Sadar. Both teams arrived at the challenge after previous wins. Osasuna were looking to pick up points, following a 1-0 victory against Alaves. Barcelona were coming from consecutive wins against Seville and Elche. As it stands, Osasuna are in 13th place, with 28 points from 26 matches, while Barcelona sit in 2nd, with 56 points from 26.
Barcelona started well as, beginning with Jordi Alba opening the scoring, 30 minutes in, finalising the first half with a 1-0.
Barcelona continued to pile on the pressure the second half, thanks to Moriba Ilaix opening the scoring, 83 minutes in, which sealed the victory for the visitors.
For Osasuna Jony, Ante Budimir, Adrian Lopez, Enric Gallego and Oier came on for Enrique Barja, Jonathan Calleri, Ruben Garcia, Roberto Torres and Lucas Torro, while Barca replaced Ousmane Dembele, Martin Braithwaite, Moriba Ilaix, Riqui Puig and Junior Firpo with Samuel Umtiti, Antoine Griezmann, Sergio Busquets, Pedri and Jordi Alba.
The referee booked Samuel Umtiti and Junior Firpo for Barcelona.
Osasuna next face Real Valladolid and Barcelona are at home to Huesca.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| Osasuna: | Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Oscar Mingueza, Samuel Umtiti, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergino Dest, Frenkie De Jong, Sergio Busquets, Antoine Griezmann, Pedri and Lionel Messi |
| Barcelona: | Sergio Herrera, Nacho Vidal, David Garcia, Aridane, Manuel Sanchez De La Pena, Roberto Torres, Lucas Torro, Jon Moncayola, Enrique Barja, Ruben Garcia and Jonathan Calleri |
| Stadium: | the Estadio El Sadar |
| Goals: | Jordi Alba (0-1, min. 30) and Moriba Ilaix (0-2, min. 83) |
