The final two teams to begin their La Liga campaigns get underway as Real Madrid and Osasuna meet at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.

Spain’s top flight kicked off over the weekend, with three Monday matches as well, leaving just these two clubs to get going with 2025/26.

Kylian Mbappe will look to defend his Pichichi trophy as he finished last season as La Liga top goal scorer, but the focus will be more on the collective. While Mbappe was individually successful, his strong first season in the Spanish capital seemed to come at the great expense of his teammates, who struggled to adapt to his arrival.

Madrid finished last season without a trophy, as rivals Barcelona took home a domestic treble and reached the Champions League semifinals.

Osasuna, meanwhile, finished ninth last term with a strong overall league campaign for the mid-table side.

The Sporting News is following the Real Madrid vs. Osasuna match live, providing score updates, commentary, and analysis.

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Real Madrid vs. Osasuna score

Location: Sandiago Bernabeu (Madrid, Spain)
Referee: Adrian Cordero Vega

Starting lineups (predicted):

Real Madrid (4-3-3, right to left): Courtois (GK) — Alexander-Arnold, Huijsen, Militao, Carreras — Guler, Tchouameni, Ceballos — Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.

Osasuna (4-2-3-1, right to left): Herrera (GK) — Arnaiz, Boyomo, Catena, Cruz — Torro, Garcia — Oroz, Munoz, Gomez — Budimir

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Real Madrid vs. Osasuna live updates, highlights from La Liga opener

1 hour 30 mins to kickoff: With so many changes to the Real Madrid roster, there are a lot of questions to be answered by Xabi Alonso this season. Most of those questions eventually come back to how Alonso plans to get more even production out of Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr, who struggled to play together for much of last season.

While Mbappe flourished, winning the league’s Golden Boot award, Vinicius struggled, largely because the two occupied similar spaces. The emergence of Gonzalo Garcia at this summer’s Club World Cup plus the likely departure of Rodrygo could give Alonso an answer — play Garcia through the middle, move Mbappe to his natural left wing, and flip Vinicus to the right. Yet Vini hasn’t proven he can excel on the right just yet.

If Alonso believes young Garcia isn’t ready for a full-time starting role yet, there may be other short-term options he can take, like using Brahim Diaz more. We will get some answers today, hopefully.

2 hours to kickoff: Today will be the first chance to see Xabi Alonso coach in La Liga. He showed a glimpse of his tactical flexibility at the Club World Cup, deploying a number of formations both by need and preference. It will be interesting to see how he structures this team without both Jude Bellingham and Luka Modric.

3 hours to kickoff: Reports at the end of last season indicated that Jude Bellingham needed shoulder surgery, and the club pushed him to put it off until after the Club World Cup. That left Bellingham out for a number of weeks to begin the league season, as the surgery was expected to come with a three-month recovery.

However, the latest reports seem to claim that his recovery is progressing faster than expected and he could be available sooner than thought. Multiple Madrid-based journalists have been cited as claiming he is recovering well.

🚨 Jude Bellingham’s recovery is progressing very well. The club is very satisfied with the improvement in his condition, and they even believe he is capable of recovering faster than expected.

— @RubenMartinAS pic.twitter.com/bXnOtZeyo6

— Madrid Universal (@MadridUniversal) August 18, 2025

Real Madrid vs. Osasuna kick off time

This La Liga match kicks off from the Bernabeu on Tuesday, August 19 at 9 p.m. local time in Madrid, Spain. Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:

Real Madrid vs. Osasuna lineups, team news

Alonso’s plans have been impacted by a reduced preseason and a host of injury concerns, including Jude Bellingham, who is out for three months after shoulder surgery. Real Madrid opted to have Bellingham do his surgery after the Club World Cup, meaning he will be out for a number of weeks to begin the league season.

French duo Eduardo Camavinga and Ferland Mendy are sidelined for this clash and Antonio Rudiger is serving a suspension carried over from last season. New signing Alvaro Carreras is likely to be deployed at left-back as the options at the position are extremely limited.

Real Madrid projected starting lineup (4-3-3): Courtois (GK) — Alexander-Arnold, Huijsen, Militao, Carreras — Guler, Tchouameni, Ceballos — Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.

Real Madrid subs: (Lineups released one hour prior to kickoff)

Osasuna narrowly missed out on the European qualification spots at the end of last season and Alessio Lisci has bolstered his squad over the summer.

Victor Munoz has joined from Real Madrid’s youth ranks and could be handed a swift debut against his old club.

Osasuna projected starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Herrera (GK) — Arnaiz, Boyomo, Catena, Cruz — Torro, Garcia — Oroz, Munoz, Gomez — Budimir

Osasuna subs: (Lineups released one hour prior to kickoff)

Real Madrid vs. Osasuna live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world’s major regions: