The almost yearly visit to Pamplona has been one of the biggest games on Real Madrid's calendar since the 1980s, with the hostility Los Blancos receive away at Osasuna one of the most intense in Spain.
Saturday's match will be their first visit to the newly renovated El Sadar and it will be one of the calmest atmospheres they'll have faced, as there will be no fans present.
The main concern, in fact, lies with the weather forecast of snow in the Navarre capital.
The precedent behind closed doors
The game will not be the first time Osasuna and Los Blancos have played behind closed doors. In 1989, they did so for one half after a series of incidents lead to a game on January 28 of that year being suspended in the 43rd minute.
Referee Socorro Gonzalez said it was "due to the uninterrupted throwing of objects onto the field of play," whereby a firecracker fell next to Paco Buyo shortly after the Real Madrid goalkeeper complained about being hit by an object.
It was decided that the remainder of the game - which Osasuna were winning 1-0 - would be played in Zaragoza on March 8, but Real Madrid claimed this was not possible because it clashed with their interests in the European Cup.
It was postponed to May 3, when Hugo Sanchez levelled the game with just four minutes to go to end the match in a draw.
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