Here's everything you need to learn, and then some, going into the Granada - Villarreal fixture!
- Granada have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in La Liga
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an energetic game!
Granada form and stats
Granada have collected 15 points from their La Liga home games so far after 4-3-4. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Granada with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Barcelona game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Granada are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 282 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Suarez).
Granada are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Real Sociedad.
Prior to that, an away loss at Real Madrid.Granada are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Granada defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal have only collected 11 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
Villarreal have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. It's been 282 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.
Villarreal played 0-0 against Real Madrid in their previous match. Rulli was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.13. The agile goalkeeper Rulli topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Real Betis with the score of 2-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Juventus in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villarreal as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Villarreal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Villarreal - Granada 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Granada zero wins, four draws and Villarreal six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Balaguero 8 goals |   J. Molina Vidal 7 goals |  L. Suárez Charris 6 goals |
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| Granada | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 38 |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 79% |
| 79% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 55% | 67% |
| 42% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 46% |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 33% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 58% | 82% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 42% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 46% |
| 33% | 9% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 10.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.3 | 12.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 42% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 15.9 | 15.2 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.2 | 10.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Granada have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in La Liga
- Granada haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 54 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 50 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Valencia | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 30 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Elche | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -14 | 26 |
| 16 | Getafe | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 17 | Granada | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alavés | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 20 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 19 |
| 20 | Levante | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 11 |
