In response, club president Florentino Perez hired Alonso and sanctioned around €180million (£155m; $210.5m) to be spent on new players, including defenders Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Trent Alexander-Arnold, along with exciting young Argentine playmaker Franco Mastantuono.

Check out the preview, head to head record, likely starting XIs for the upcoming match in the Spanish La Liga 2025-26 between RMA and OSA

The new La Liga season is underway, with Xabi Alonso's first league match against Osasuna in front of the home crowd. It will be the first game at the Santiago

Madrid have won five of their last six meetings with Osasuna – with four of those victories coming by at least two goals – and won this respective fixture 4-0 last season, while also winning 4-0 at home the season before. In fact, Osasuna’s last win at the Bernabeu was in 2004!

The 2025-26 La Liga season is here, as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are fighting to retake the division crown from Barcelona.

Los Blancos host Osasuna on Tuesday as La Liga returns and Xabi Alonso takes charge at the Bernabeu after testing his side out in the Club World Cup this summer

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Our expert offers his best Real Madrid vs Osasuna predictions and betting tips for their La Liga clash this evening at 8PM (19/08/2025).

The latest odds and match prediction as Real Madrid face Osasuna in the La Liga clash at the Santiago Bernabeu.