Osasuna vs FC Barcelona: Probable lineups for the match - Matchday 8 of LaLiga 2024-2025

Barcelona FC visits the El Sadar stadium this Saturday to face Osasuna on matchday 8 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25. Hansi Flick's men hope to maintain their spectacular streak and achieve their eighth consecutive victory in the championship, which will allow them to equal 'Tata' Martino's record for the best start to a season.

The team led by Hansi Flick comes into the match greatly weakened by injuries and physical wear and tear caused by the calendar. Under these circumstances, the German coach maintains his rotation plan and, almost certainly, will introduce some variation to rest his players. Below, we show you the possible starting lineups for Barcelona and Osasuna:

Probable lineups for Osasuna-Barcelona in La Liga

• Osasuna's starting XI: Herrera; Areso, Boyomo, Herrando, Bretones; Torró, Moncayola, Oroz; Peña, Gómez y García.
• Barcelona's starting XI: Iñaki Peña, Koundé, Pau Cubarsí, Eric García, Balde; Casadó, Torre, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres y Lewandowski
• Barcelona bench: Astralaga, Raphinha, Cubarsí, Ansu Fati, Pau Víctor, Héctor Fort, Gerard Martín, S. Domínguez, Cuenca, Yaakobishvili, Guillermo, Toni Fernández.
• Barcelona injured players: Andreas Christensen, Fermín López, Gavi, Ronald Araújo, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Bernal, Ter Stegen, Dani Olmo.
• Barcelona's sanctioned players: Ninguno.

Although visiting the Rojillos is never easy, Barca have managed to come out on top in their last eight games, winning five and drawing three. However, this time it won't be easy. Vicente Moreno's men are yet to taste defeat at home, while Hansi Flick's team visit El Sadar with eight injured players. Below, we review all the positions in Barcelona's possible starting XI against Osasuna.

Goal: Iñaki Peña

The young goalkeeper will face his second match as a starter after Ter Stegen's serious injury. In his first match starting against Getafe, the Alicante native managed to keep a clean sheet for Barça for the second time this season, making a couple of key saves to prevent the Azulones from scoring. In Pamplona, ​​he will try to avoid his goal falling for the second consecutive match.

Defense: Koundé-Cubarsí-Eric García-Balde

Against Getafe at Montjuïc, Flick returned to the line-up that has been his standard-bearer throughout the season. However, taking into account the physical strain on his rearguard in the match against Bordalás' men, the German could opt to give Iñigo Martínez, who has been a starter in all 7 of the club's official matches, a rest to make way for Eric García in his natural position. Fort coming in for Koundé would not be ruled out either, but the Frenchman's great performances make it difficult for him to leave the starting eleven.

Midfield: Pablo Torre-Marc Casadó-Pedri

Marc Casadó would return to the centre of midfield to the detriment of Eric García, who has played in this position since Dani Olmo's injury. He would be accompanied by Pedri González, who would return to the starting eleven after coming off the bench against Getafe, and Pablo Torre, who has earned a place in the starting eleven with the good performances he has shown in the last two league games.

Attack: Lamine Yamal-Lewandowski-Ferran Torres

To date, the trident formed by Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and Raphinha has played every game of the season since the beginning. For this reason, everything indicates that Hansi Flick could introduce some variation to avoid greater physical wear and tear, with Ferran Torres being chosen to replace Raphinha who has played every minute so far this season. On the bench, Ansu Fati would wait for his chance after enjoying some minutes in Monaco and going unnoticed against Villarreal and Getafe.