The league table is allowed to rest as Athletic Club and Granada battle for Copa Del Rey honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Copa Del Rey. Sevilla was too strong.Overall La Liga stats at home this season for Athletic Club are 6-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). 3W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Del Rey for Athletic Club.
No payout for Athletic Club in their previous match, an away game at Real Sociedad that ended in defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match, Athletic Club won a home game hosting Barcelona (1-0).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Athletic Club's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won one match, drawn four and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Osasuna are coming to town in four days.
The Athletic Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Athletic Club are not conceding a lot of goals here at San Mamés Barria in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Granada form and stats
Granada's mission in Copa Del Rey last season failed in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Granada so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Total Copa Del Rey statistics for Granada: 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. It's all red in the travel logs of Granada, having lost eight matches in a row as the visiting team.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Granada, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Atletico Madrid. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Valencia in the Copa Del Rey.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Granada when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.
After this away game Granada return home for a La Liga game against Real Valladolid. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Granada find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Granada have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Athletic Club won five, Granada won three and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. García Escudero 6 goals |  I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |  I. Muniain Goñi 4 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Granada missing players
| Athletic Club | Granada | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 24 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 327 | 142 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 283 | ||
| 98 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 88 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 30 | 52 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 49 |
| 3 | Getafe | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Sevilla | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Valencia | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Granada | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Levante | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Real Betis | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -8 | 27 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Eibar | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 20 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Leganes | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 18 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -21 | 18 |