Real Madrid stays on the steering facility in the Liga title race, but has allowed Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to close.
The leaders are confronted on Saturday with Osasuna with 50 points to their name, one point in front of Atletico, with third place Barcelona one point back and firmly in a fascinating title race.
After a few weeks of struggle for Barca in Laliga, while Talisman Lamine Yamal misses with an injury, they are now on an 11-game unbeaten run in all competitions.
Barca benefited from the 1-0 loss of Madrid at Lowly Espanyol, followed by a 1-1 draw with Atleti in the Derby last week to get back into the fight immediately.
Madrid, stimulated by their last victory of the Champions League over Manchester City, has left little margin in a critical moment of the season while they keep an eye on three large titles while they were fought with different injuries that are suffered by important defending players.
With Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao for the season and Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba and Lucas Vazquez who are still recovering from leg muscle injuries, Ancelotti midfielders is expected to continue to play Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde while he goes with an initiate defense.
Carlo Ancelotti has not lost any of his nine games against Osasuna in LaLiga (W6 D3); Against no other opponent, he has managed more games without defeat in the competition (level with Real Betis – G9 W5 D4).
Madrid has indeed won their last four games against Osasuna in Laliga and scored four goals in each of the last three. Only against Elche between 1959 and 1961 (four) and Almeria between 2011 and 2014 (four) did they score 4+ goals in four straight meetings with a side in the history of the competition.
Madrid is made the favorites to win the title through the Opta model, with a probability of 51.9% to finish first. Atleti has a 20.7% chance, while Barca has a chance of 27.1%.
Title Challengers Atletico host Celta Vigo, also on Saturday, while Barcelona is opposite Rayo Vallecano on Monday.
Atleti van Diego Simeone complained about their missed opportunities in last weekend's draw in the Santiago Bernabeu.
Atletico paid the prize when they opened the door for Kylian Mbappe to rank in the second half, but could keep their heads high, after they had only lost one of their last 22 games in all competitions and perhaps played some of the Best football in Europe's top competitions in recent months.
In the meantime, Barca has scored 24 in their last six competitive matches, 13 of those in three league games, with the top scorer of Robert Lewandowski Laliga with 19 goals.
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