Barcelona can clinch La Liga title with a win and another stumble by Real Madrid

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Barcelona is running away with the domestic title. It has won nine straight in La Liga, a domestic winning run marred only by a loss to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarterfinals. Barcelona can’t expect an easy victory in Pamplona, however. Ninth-placed Osasuna has lost only twice at its El Sadar Stadium this season and is on a run of 10 straight home matches without defeat. Madrid, meanwhile, has only one win its last six games across all competitions as it limps to the finish of a disappointing season in which Xabi Alonso was fired and — barring a drastic change of events — Álvaro Arbeloa will also be ousted in the offseason. Espanyol has been in an even bigger rut than Madrid. Espanyol was in fifth place at the start of 2026 but it has yet to win this year — an astonishing run of 16 games — and fallen into the large group of teams trying to avoid relegation. Atletico Madrid plays at on Saturday before Diego Simeone's team visits next week with their Champions League semifinal poised after a .