Catalan giants FC Barcelona have the chance to lift their 27th league title on Sunday against Catalan rivals Espanyol after eternal rivals Real Madrid stumble in San Sebastian losing to Real Sociedad by 2-0 .
The Blaugrana's currently lead the la liga table with 82 points after 33 games played so far. With 5 matches to end the season , the catalonia giants have opened a 14 points lead at the top over eternal rivals Real Madrid.
A win for Barcelona on Sunday will see the Catalans be declared as runaway champions irrespective of the outcome of the remaining matches . Barcelona have kept a very clean record at their home Spotify Camp nou as they’ve amassed majority of their points at home .
Jordi Alba made sure all 3 points remained at the Spotify Camp Nou after he was set up by teammate Frankie De Jong . Although Osasuna faced a larger part of the match with a weaker side as defender Jorge Herrando was sent off in the 26th minute for a professional last man foul on Pedri .
Barcelona this season have enjoyed a lot of success domestically , even tho their campaign in Europe was drastically shambolic as they were knocked out of the UCL group stages and furthermore lost to English outfits Manchester United in the Europa league Round of 16 .
The league leaders currently boast of a new club record of 25 cleansheets in 33 games so far , the best by any team in the Spanish First tier . The runaway leaders have the chance to extend this feat with 5 matches left to play in the Spanish La liga .
La liga seems to be heading to Catalonia from Madrid as current la liga holders Real madrid, have significantly handed the league title over to the Blaugranas after losing to Real Sociedad in the later hours of Tuesday. Goals from Takefusa Kubo and Ander Barrenetxea were enough to see La Reale triumph over Los Blancos . Real Madrid were without star men Vini Jr ,enzema and luka Modric.
This win has handed a major boost to Barcelona to achieve a double this season after trashing Madrid by 3-1 in the supercopa de Espana held in Riyadh earlier this year .
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