Can Levante beat Granada in Estadio Ciudad de Valencia clash?

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The leading characters are Levante and Granada, victory is the target and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Granada have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga 2

Levante and Granada should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Levante form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Levante have to build on here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia in the La Liga 2. Levante has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

An away draw last time out for Levante, facing Sporting Gijon in a game that ended 1-1. The striker Montiel outperformed all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Montiel scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).

Ahead of that match, a home win hosting Getafe in the Copa Del Rey. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Levante have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atletico Madrid are coming to town in three days.

Levante have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {5 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Granada form and stats

There's been little loot from Granada's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the La Liga 2. Granada only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Granada have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Impressive finishing from Uzuni secured the home win 1-0 against FC Cartagena in their previous game. Sánchez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.33. The defender Sánchez won 4 of 7 duels.

A loss, in the Copa Del Rey away at Real Oviedo, earlier. Granada are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Low on goals? 10 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

Goals are few and far between in Granada's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 11 travels. As opposed to that, Granada have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Granada - Levante 0-0. Levante-Granada H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Levante three wins, Granada three wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

GranadaM. Uzuni
M. Uzuni
11 goals
LevanteM. Bouldini
M. Bouldini
4 goals
GranadaJ. Callejón Bueno
J. Callejón Bueno
4 goals

Levante missing players

Granada missing players

Levante Granada
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
9 5 1 Won W 0 1 10
10 4 2 Drew D 0 3 5
3 2 0 Lost L 3 7 7
23 11 3 Scored S 0 3 25
14 5 2 Conceded C 7 13 15
73% 73% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 82%
50% 36% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 45% 50%
23% 18% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 9% 27%
14% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 9% 18%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
41% 27% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 9% 14%
50% 55% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 55%
36% 45% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 82% 50%
 
5.2 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 5.1
4.1 3.9 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.5 3.9
3.1 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.9 12.9 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 13.1 13.4
3.9 4.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.5 4.4
27% 24% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 26%
 
11.2 10.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 10.6 8.7
3.4 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.6 2.3
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Granada have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Granada have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in La Liga 2
  • Granada have the fewest scored goals (3) away in La Liga 2
  • Granada have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Levante have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Granada have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eibar 22 11 7 4 25 17 11 8 3 0 15 4 11 3 4 4 10 13 8 40
2 Las Palmas 22 10 9 3 25 13 11 5 4 2 12 7 11 5 5 1 13 6 12 39
3 Levante 22 9 10 3 23 14 11 5 4 2 11 5 11 4 6 1 12 9 9 37
4 Deportivo Alavés 22 10 7 5 23 20 11 7 3 1 13 6 11 3 4 4 10 14 3 37
5 Granada 22 10 5 7 25 15 11 9 2 0 22 2 11 1 3 7 3 13 10 35
6 Burgos 22 9 8 5 19 12 11 5 4 2 13 7 11 4 4 3 6 5 7 35
7 Leganes 22 9 6 7 23 20 12 7 3 2 15 10 10 2 3 5 8 10 3 33
8 FC Andorra 22 9 5 8 25 18 11 6 1 4 17 7 11 3 4 4 8 11 7 32
9 Albacete 21 8 8 5 27 25 11 4 5 2 13 8 10 4 3 3 14 17 2 32
10 FC Cartagena 22 9 5 8 23 22 11 5 2 4 13 13 11 4 3 4 10 9 1 32
11 Sporting Gijon 22 6 10 6 23 23 11 4 5 2 16 11 11 2 5 4 7 12 0 28
12 Huesca 21 7 7 7 17 18 10 6 3 1 11 4 11 1 4 6 6 14 -1 28
13 Villarreal II 22 7 7 8 24 27 11 5 5 1 16 9 11 2 2 7 8 18 -3 28
14 Mirandes 22 6 9 7 25 27 11 5 4 2 18 14 11 1 5 5 7 13 -2 27
15 Real Oviedo 22 7 6 9 14 18 11 5 2 4 7 7 11 2 4 5 7 11 -4 27
16 Real Zaragoza 22 6 8 8 18 19 11 4 5 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 11 -1 26
17 Tenerife 22 6 8 8 23 25 11 5 4 2 13 8 11 1 4 6 10 17 -2 26
18 Ponferradina 22 6 6 10 22 30 11 4 3 4 12 13 11 2 3 6 10 17 -8 24
19 Racing Santander 22 5 7 10 14 18 10 1 4 5 4 9 12 4 3 5 10 9 -4 22
20 Lugo 22 5 6 11 18 27 11 3 4 4 8 8 11 2 2 7 10 19 -9 21
21 Malaga 22 4 8 10 17 26 11 3 5 3 10 13 11 1 3 7 7 13 -9 20
22 UD Ibiza 22 4 4 14 14 33 11 3 3 5 10 14 11 1 1 9 4 19 -19 16

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The Segunda División, also known as La Liga 2, is the second highest level of the football league pyramid in Spain. 22 teams play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Top two of the league table earns promotion and one more is promoted through playoff fixtures. The bottom four are relegated.