On Saturday night, Real Madrid will look to keep the pressure on city rivals Atletico at the top of La Liga when Los Blancos travels to struggling Osasuna.
The home side finds themselves 19th place in La Liga after a poor campaign. However, they are just two points from the safety of Valencia in 17th place.
Osasuna may be slightly fortunate that they are not further adrift in the table after a ten-game winless run in the Spanish top-flight.
A creditable 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad means that they have drawn their last three matches in La Liga, so they can at least say they are unbeaten in three league games.
One of the causes of the lack of results of late maybe the fact that they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous ten league outings. Both teams have also scored in their last five matches in the Spanish top-flight.
Reigning Spanish champions Real Madrid look set to be in a real battle for their crown this season with city rivals Atletico, who have started the season in superb form.
Zinedine Zidane team are currently two points behind Los Rojiblancos, who lead the table, but Diego Simeone’s men have two games in hand on their rivals.
The visitors have been in decent form of late in La Liga, as they are seven games unbeaten in the Spanish top-flight while recording six wins. Los Blancos have been relatively prolific in front of goal of late, scoring at least two goals in six of their last seven league outings.
Although the visitors are unbeaten in four games on their travels, the champions have won just two of their previous five away games in the Spanish top-flight.
Forebet predicts that Real Madrid will enhance their title hopes by recording a victory in a high-scoring encounter that will leave the home side marooned in the relegation zone.