Barcelona could clinch a second straight La Liga title this weekend if it beats Osasuna and Real Madrid drops points against Espanyol.
Barcelona leads Madrid by 11 points with five games left. If Hansi Flick’s side wins at Osasuna on Saturday, Madrid must also beat Espanyol on Sunday to keep the title race alive for at least one more round.
If everything goes Barcelona’s way, it will host Real Madrid in the Clasico in the following round as the newly crowned champion.
Flick is on the cusp of a third major title in two years at Barcelona, including the 2025 Copa del Rey, while Madrid is facing a second straight season without a major trophy.
Barcelona has been running away with the domestic title race. It has won nine straight matches in La Liga, with its only recent setback coming against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarterfinals.
However, Barcelona cannot expect an easy outing in Pamplona.
Ninth-placed Osasuna has lost only twice at El Sadar this season and is unbeaten in its last 10 home matches.
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Madrid, meanwhile, has won only one of its last six matches across all competitions as it limps towards the end of a disappointing season. Xabi Alonso has already been dismissed and, barring a drastic turn of events, Alvaro Arbeloa is also expected to leave in the off-season.
Espanyol has been in an even deeper rut than Madrid.
It was fifth at the start of 2026 but is yet to win this year, enduring a 16-match winless run that has dragged it into the group of teams fighting to avoid relegation.
Atletico Madrid plays at Valencia on Saturday before Diego Simeone’s side visits Arsenal next week, with its Champions League semifinal finely poised after a 1-1 first-leg draw.
Published on Apr 30, 2026