Defeat not an option for Osasuna

CA Osasuna must avoid defeat to be sure of progressing as striker Savo Milošević returns to his old club, Parma FC, in UEFA Cup Group D.

• Parma have already qualified for the Round of 32 as group winners. They won their opener 2-1 at Odense BK, then beat SC Heerenveen 2-1 at home and triumphed by the same scoreline at RC Lens - substitute Daniele Paponi scoring two minutes into added time.

• Osasuna drew their Matchday 1 fixture 0-0 at home against Heerenveen then lost 3-1 at Lens, although a subsequent 3-1 win against OB lifted them into third place. A win or draw against Parma could see them finish second but a defeat might see them eliminated.

• Goal difference, then goals scored, then away goals are used to decide rankings when sides finish level on points. Thus both OB and Heerenveen - who are at home to Lens - can potentially leapfrog them depending on results on Matchday 5.

• The side finishing top of the section is guaranteed a tie against one of the third-placed finishers from another group in the draw for the Round of 32 on 15 December, while each pool runner-up will meet one of the third-placed finishers from the UEFA Champions League.

• The two sides have never met in European competition.

• Parma coach Stefano Pioli came up against Spanish opposition in the form of Club Atlético de Madrid during his playing career, appearing in both legs of an arduous 1989/90 UEFA Cup first-round tie with AC Fiorentina. The two teams traded 1-0 wins and then, after extra time, Pioli was among the scorers in a 3-1 shoot-out win.

• Parma's Portuguese defender Fernando Couto represented FC Barcelona in the 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons.

• Parma left-back Paolo Castellini spent two campaigns in Spain for Real Betis Balompié, appearing 13 times in the league and twice in European competition.

• Osasuna striker Milošević counts Parma among his former clubs. The Serbian striker spent the 2000/01 season and part of the following campaign at Parma before a series of loan spells with Spanish sides culminated in a permanent move to Osasuna in 2004. He scored nine goals in 31 Serie A games.

• Parma have taken on Spanish opposition nine times in European competition in the course of four two-legged ties and a UEFA Cup group stage fixture.

• They twice beat Atlético in semi-finals on the way to victory against R. Antwerp FC in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final and triumph against Olympique de Marseille in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup final.

• In total, they have won five games against Spanish opponents, drawing one and losing three.

• In Italy, they have beaten their Spanish guests three times, losing the other fixture.

• Osasuna have never faced Italian opposition in European competition.