Athletic Club vs Granada – Athletic Club enjoy home advantage, while visitors Granada swing by for a clash in La Liga on Friday. The former would be looking to calculate that home advantage.
Sitting at the bottom of the table, Granada claim 17 points after 31 rounds, while Athletic Club have earned 57 points. This puts the latter as number 5 in La Liga at the moment.
Granada will not be short of inspiration for their clash with match favorites Athletic Club. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win next Friday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.
Athletic Club are relatively average in the goal-scoring industry these days. They have scored 13 goals in their previous ten matches for an average of 1.3 per game. They have also allowed eight goals to their opponents or an average of 0.8 per game. Also, they have managed six clean sheets in this run.
Granada are not currently the top scoring team in La Liga, as they have only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. That’s an average of just one goal a game where they’ve conceded 18 times, an average of 1.8 per game. In between they managed a clean sheet.
Athletic Club finished all square the last time they faced Granada. Both refused to back down, with the scoreboard eventually reading 1-1. The best betting odds on a full-time draw with the bookies are 19/4.
Athletic Club vs Granada-Athletic Bilbao
The “red-white” is having a great season, currently competing for a place in the Champions League. After the end of the 31st round, Ernesto Valverde’s side are fifth in the La Liga standings, boasting 57 accumulated points. They trail Madrid-based Atletico by four points, maintaining a seven-point lead over sixth-placed Real Sociedad. In their last Championship match, Athletic hosted Villarreal and drew 1–1. The draw marked the second consecutive points drop for the “Lions”, having previously lost to Real Madrid.
Athletic Club vs Granada-Granada
“Nasrid” seem to be struggling in the current La Liga campaign and are likely to drop out of the elite division at the end of the football season. Currently, Granada are second from the bottom with 17 points after 31 rounds played. They trail the safety zone by a significant margin of 11 points, although they managed to reduce this deficit after the last matchday.
In their previous game, Athletic Club vs Granada-Granada secured a 2-0 win at home against Alaves, settling the result in the first half. Granada doubled their advantage in the 38th minute with Lucas Boye’s precise strike, finding the net from the penalty spot in the 9th minute. The victory halted Granada’s winless streak in La Liga, which had reached 11 matches.
Interesting match facts and head-to-head history:
In the first round, the teams drew 1-1 on Granada’s turf in the last five matches between these teams, Athletic have won just one, losing two matches Both teams have scored in three of their last five to match
Athletic Club vs Granada Prediction
Athletic Club vs Granada-Athletic Club form
Athletic Club have claimed two points from their previous three games, losing 2-0 against Real Madrid. They took a point in a 1-1 draw with Mallorca, before drawing 1-1 with Villarreal. Athletic Club have won four of their last six matches at home in La Liga, drawing twice and remaining unbeaten. They scored 14 goals and lost four times.
Athletic Club vs Granada-Granada form
In their last three matches, Granada lost 1-0 and 0-1 against Cádiz and Valencia respectively, and beat Deportivo Alaves 2-0. Granada have not managed a single away win in their last six La Liga matches, but have managed one draw, while suffering five defeats. They conceded 13 and scored four themselves.
Athletic Club have recorded 19 points after five wins in their last nine games against teams in the bottom six. They scored 19 goals, but also conceded 4. Granada have struggled on their way to zero wins and three points from their last nine matches against teams in the top six. Athletic Club vs Granada-They were on target 14 times in this match, but conceded 24 goals. Athletic Club look to a record of 16 wins, nine draws and six defeats in La Liga this season. Granada are looking at three wins, eight draws and 20 defeats in La Liga.