Spanish La Liga - Athletic Bilbao VS Granada CF Prediction
Spanish La Liga - Athletic Bilbao VS Granada CF
Match Time: 20-04-2024 03:00 Saturday (GMT+8)
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Athletic Bilbao - DWWLDD
The Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match with a fully injury-free squad to choose from.
It seems likely that Los Leones may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one featuring Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, Benat Prados, I. Ruiz de, Inaki Williams, Oihan Sancet, Nico Williams and Gorka Guruzeta.
Athletic Bilbao will play in this game following on from a 1-1 La Liga draw against Villarreal.
In that match, Athletic Bilbao had 53% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Athletic Bilbao was Oihan Sancet (66'). On the other side, Villarreal had 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Dani Parejo (95') was the scorer for Villarreal.
Their latest results reveal that it has been a great time for the Athletic Bilbao backline. Athletic Bilbao have given the opposition little, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last 6 clashes standing at 4. That aside, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be replicated in this upcoming game.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Athletic Bilbao: have not won against Granada in their last 3 matches in the league, are unbeaten in their last 15 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.
Granada - LLLLLW
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the Granada manager José Sandoval doesn’t have any fitness worries to report before this game.
We believe Nazaríes could decide to utilise a 4-4-2 formation using Augusto Batalla, Bruno Mendez, Miguel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Carlos Neva, Facundo Pellistri, Sergio Ruiz, Gerard Gumbau, Kamil Jozwiak, Lucas Boye and Myrto Uzuni.
Granada will come into the game following on from a 2-0 La Liga win in the defeat of Alaves in their previous match.
In that match, Granada managed 38% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Granada, the goals were scored by Myrto Uzuni (9') and Lucas Boyé (38'). Alaves got 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
The stats tell the story, and Granada have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals overall. Defensively, Granada have clearly had some problems.
Looking at their past form shows that Granada: have not beaten Athletic Bilbao when having played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. Not good at all, have not won away from home in their last 15 league games. They must be getting so desperate.
Athletic Bilbao possible starting lineup:
Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Paredes, Yuri; Ruiz de Galarreta, Prados; I Williams, Sancet, N Williams; Guruzeta
Granada possible starting lineup:
Batalla; Mendez, Rubio, Miquel, Neva; Pellistri, Gumbau, Ruiz, Jozwiak; Boye, Uzuni
Athletic Bilbao vs Granada Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*Athletic Bilbao and Granada are on an even footing as far as the recent head-to-head record is concerned and have won eight matches apiece out of the last 21 matches played between the two teams.
*Athletic Bilbao have won only one of their last six matches against Granada in La Liga, with their only such victory during this period coming by a 2-1 scoreline in March 2021.
*Athletic Bilbao are unbeaten in their last five matches at home against Granada in La Liga and have scored at least two goals in each of their last four such games.
*Since a run of two victories away from home against teams from the Basque country in La Liga in 2020, Granada have won only one of their last nine such matches in the competition.
Prediction: Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Granada
Granada will be aiming to make it back-to-back wins on Friday, and the result over Alaves would certainly have boosted their confidence, but Athletic are so strong at home, and we are fully expecting the Lions to secure all three points in routine fashion.
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