Antoine Griezmann rises highest to head a Jordi Alba cross towards goal but it trickles wide.

Messi finds a pocket of space on the edge of the area but his shot is blocked.

Better from Barca.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen has to deal with another dangerous cross into the Barcelona area.

Simple stuff for the German in the end, but this is a promising spell for Osasuna.

The hosts are getting plenty of joy down Barcelona's right-hand side so far.

Kike Barja again manages to fire a dangerous ball across goal and Jonathan Calleri is first to it, but Samuel Umtiti manages to block the shot.

Lionel Messi is through on goal but is brought down by Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera.

The referee brandishes a red card in the direction of Herrera, but was Messi offside? Yep, he was indeed.

Free-kick Osasuna and it's still 11 v 11.

The visitors are dominating possession but Osasuna have gone closest to breaking the deadlock.

That was a let-off for Ronald Koeman's side.

That's an excellent save by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Kike Barja picks the ball up on the edge of the area and curls towards the far corner, but ter Stegen gets across quickly to get a hand to the shot.

Osasuna are enjoying a decent spell of possession here.

Kike Barja skips past Dest on the left before swinging in a dangerous ball, but Lenglet is there to mop up.

Barcelona are camped on the edge of the Osasuna penalty area.

Antoine Griezmann lifts another cross towards the back post but it's cleared by an Osasuna defender.

Dest has looked very lively indeed so far.

He makes another darting run before lifting the ball into the penalty area, but it evades everyone and rolls out of play.

Sergino Dest wins the ball in a dangerous position on the right-hand side. The 20-year-old plays a neat one-two with Lionel Messi before trying to thread the ball back to the Argentine inside the area.

Osasuna manage to clear their lines though.

Ambitious!

Jonathan Calleri collects the ball inside his own half and catches Marc-Andre ter Stegen off his line.

Calleri goes for goal but it's an easy save for the German goalkeeper in the end.

Antoine Griezmann is playing as the lone striker this evening, with Messi just behind the Frenchman.

Sergio Busquets and Frenkie de Jong are the two holding midfielders.

And away we go!

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Lionel Messi has found the net in each of his last eight La Liga appearances, registering 12 goals in total in that period.

Will he continue that magnificent run tonight?

Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman says he is "devastated" at the arrest of former president Josep Maria Bartomeu following an investigation into the club's financial issues.

Bartomeu was one of four arrests in what police called "an investigation into alleged crimes related to property and the socio-economic order".

Bartomeu, who resigned as president in October, was released on Tuesday.

Read more here.

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman: "We know we have the [Copa del Rey] final and have a chance to win a big trophy in Spain. And depending on the results of the team we can fight for the title.

"We're several points behind Atletico Madrid and we can't lose any more points, because then our objective will change and that's difficult."

Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate: "We went 13 games without winning [earlier in the season] - a run like that is synonymous with a manager getting sacked, but all I felt from the fans and the club was support.

"It was as if they felt that the previous two years had been worth something, had built something; they weren't going to give up because of a bad run. And we're better now."

Osasuna XI: Herrera, Vidal Miralles, Hernandez, Garcia, Sanchez, Torres, Torro, Moncayola, Barja Alfonso, Calleri, Garcia

Barcelona XI: ter Stegen, Mingueza, Umtiti, Lenglet, Busquets, Dest, De Jong, Pedri, Alba, Messi, Griezmann

Barcelona will have played two games more than leaders Atletico after tonight’s match but with Diego Simeone’s side playing city rivals Real on Sunday, the Blaugrana are determined to keep breathing down the necks of Los Colchoneros.

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