A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Granada and Athletic Club know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa Del Rey Semi-finals clash.
Athletic Club could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga game only four sleeps ago.
It's quite the trip for Athletic Club when visiting Granada as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Granada form and stats
Last season, Granada's Copa Del Rey journey ended in the 2nd round.26 points is a decent return from 13 La Liga games here at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes for Granada. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. This match is a Copa Del Rey match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
The Granada goalkeeper Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the La Liga.
Granada drew their last game, also a home match. Celta de Vigo was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the game before, an away victory in the La Liga match versus Osasuna with a 3-0 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Granada perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Granada as a small favourite), we find ten games. Granada has won eight of these, drawn zero and lost two.
Granada are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Levante awaits in three days.
Granada are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Granada have conceded only 8 goals.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club's mission in Copa Del Rey last season failed in the 8th finals against Sevilla.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athletic Club so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-5 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Copa Del Rey statistics, we find 4W-2D-0L. This is both home and away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Athletic Club have lost on their last two travels.
Athletic Club are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the La Liga against Villarreal. Prior to that match, the Athletic Club manager G. Garitano Aguirre faced defeat when travelling to Deportivo Alaves and losing 1-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Athletic Club in our archives, and the results are: one win for Athletic Club, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Real Valladolid.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Athletic Club as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Athletic Club in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Athletic Club - Granada 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Granada, two draws and five wins for Athletic Club. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  R. García Escudero 8 goals |  J. Rodríguez Díaz 5 goals |  D. Machís Marcano 5 goals |
Granada missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Granada | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 282 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 173 | 340 | ||
| 81 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 106 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 56 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 55 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Getafe | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | Valencia | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -1 | 41 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Granada | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Levante | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 28 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alaves | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -6 | 30 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 16 | SD Eibar | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -12 | 25 |
| 18 | Mallorca | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -17 | 22 |
| 19 | Leganés | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 20 |