On Thursday, January 11, at 21:00 at the stadium of the King Saud University in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), the semi-final match of the Spanish Super Cup “Barcelona” – “Osasuna” will take place, it will be broadcast live by Digi Sport 1. .

Barcelona, ​​as the reigning champions, and Osasuna, the Copa finalists, will meet in the second semi-final of the Supercopa de Espana, the competition taking place for the fifth time in a row in this format (this is the fourth edition organized by Saudi Arabia, only in 2021 was held in Spain).

Barcelona have won both games played so far in 2024, both away, 2-1 in the league against Las Palmas and 3-2 in the Copa del Rey round of 16 tie with Barbasto (Segunda Federacion – fourth division).

In La Liga, the team coached by Javi Hernandez is in 3rd place after 19 stages with 41 points, seven behind the first two places, Real Madrid and Girona, and in the last five official matches in all they won three tournaments. , draw and defeat.

In addition to the championship and the cup, the Catalans also played in the Champions League during this period, where they won Group H of the competition and reached the 1/8 finals, even if they lost the last match with a score of 2-3. by land from Antwerp.

Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup 14 times (record), most recently in 2023, in the previous leg they scored 3-1 in the final against Real Madrid and have lost another 11 times in the final act, most recently in 2021, 2-3 after extra time with “Atletico” Bilbao.

For their part, Osasuna have won two matches this year: 1-0 at home to Almería in La Liga and 1-0 away to Castellón (Primera Federacion – third division) in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

In the championship, Jagoba Arrasate’s team is in 12th place after 19 stages, with 22 points, 10 from the European positions and seven from those who can be relegated, and in the last five official matches in all competitions, they have won three success, draw and defeat.

Osasuna is participating in this tournament for the first time, having played in the 2023 Copa del Rey final, which it lost to Real Madrid 1-2 (the second in its history, after 2005).

The two teams last met in the current La Liga season on September 3, 2023, when Barcelona won 2-1 at Osasuna after goals from Kunde (45+1) and Lewandowski (86p). , respectively, Avila (76).

Superbet offers odds of 1.40 for prediction 1: Barcelona to win in regular time 90 minutes against Osasuna.

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