Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Granada & Barcelona face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Del Rey. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Granada and Barcelona.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Barcelona, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Granada form and stats
Last season, Granada's Copa Del Rey journey ended in the semi-finals against Athletic Club.When playing at home in the La Liga, Granada have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. On the other hand, in the Copa Del Rey, Granada has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
The spoils were shared in Granada's previous game, also at home. Visiting Celta de Vigo travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Navalcarnero and winning 6-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Granada as they are travelling to their away game against Levante in the La Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Granada are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Granada's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Barcelona form and stats
They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Barcelona have produced an overall stat of 6-1-3 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Barcelona as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Barcelona's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Cadiz game.
Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi scored in Barcelona's previous match, the home game against Athletic Club that ended 2-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Rayo Vallecano.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Barcelona manager R. Koeman as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Real Betis.
Barcelona are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. Barcelona are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Granada, zero draws and eight wins for Barcelona. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 12 goals |  A. Griezmann 6 goals |   L. Suárez Charris 5 goals |
Granada missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Granada | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 29 | 51 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 16.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 50 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 40 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 7 | Granada | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 9 | Levante | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Getafe | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Cadiz | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | Valencia | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Eibar | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Osasuna | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Elche | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Huesca | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -13 | 16 |