Athletic Club vs Granada betting preview: Visitors should struggle at San Mames

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mames (53289 seats)

Athletic Club have performed better than Granada so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Granada when visiting Athletic Club as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Athletic Club are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at San Mames. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Athletic Club has recorded two wins in a row here at San Mames, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Athletic Club are returning here after visiting Osasuna in a La Liga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that, Athletic Club had a home game versus Levante which ended with a victory 2-1.

Athletic Club goalkeeper Unai Simon did an outstanding job against Osasuna with 6 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

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 2 matches, drawn 3 and lost 2.

A decent goal production from Athletic Club in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Athletic Club have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Granada form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Granada, who have the most scored goals (13) away in La Liga, playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Granada's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in Granada's previous match, a La Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Atletico Madrid (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Valencia's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Granada playing away, we found two games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 1 home win.

The travelling fans enjoy Granada's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. The Granada manager Diego Martínez has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Athletic Club won 5, Granada won 3 and 2 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubMuniain
Muniain
4 goals
Athletic ClubRaúl García
Raúl García
4 goals
GranadaAntonio Puertas
Antonio Puertas
4 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Granada missing players

Athletic Club Granada
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 7 14
6 5 2 Won W 0 2 6
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
15 11 4 Scored S 2 13 20
9 3 2 Conceded C 4 14 18
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 71%
21% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 14%
36% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 43%
43% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 43%
36% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
5.1 4.4 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2 4.3 4.3
4.8 4 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.9 5
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 5 3.3 2.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
163 101 49 Total Shots T S 6 74 144
51 36 14 Shots on Target S O 3 24 45
29% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 54% 44%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Granada's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Granada has the most scored goals (13) away
  • Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Granada haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 13 9 1 3 35 16 6 6 0 0 25 7 7 3 1 3 10 9 19 28
2 Real Madrid 13 8 4 1 28 10 7 5 2 0 18 6 6 3 2 1 10 4 18 28
3 Sevilla 14 8 3 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 8 5 8 5 1 2 10 9 4 27
4 Atletico Madrid 14 6 7 1 16 9 7 4 3 0 10 4 7 2 4 1 6 5 7 25
5 Athletic Club 14 6 5 3 15 9 7 5 1 1 11 3 7 1 4 2 4 6 6 23
6 Real Sociedad 14 7 2 5 22 17 6 3 1 2 11 6 8 4 1 3 11 11 5 23
7 Getafe 14 5 6 3 19 16 7 3 3 1 11 7 7 2 3 2 8 9 3 21
8 Granada 14 6 3 5 20 18 7 4 1 2 7 4 7 2 2 3 13 14 2 21
9 Levante 14 6 2 6 18 17 7 4 2 1 10 5 7 2 0 5 8 12 1 20
10 Valencia 14 5 5 4 20 20 7 3 4 0 12 7 7 2 1 4 8 13 0 20
11 Osasuna 14 4 7 3 17 15 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 1 4 2 5 7 2 19
12 Villarreal 14 5 3 6 27 22 7 3 3 1 18 11 7 2 0 5 9 11 5 18
13 Deportivo Alaves 14 5 3 6 16 18 7 4 2 1 9 2 7 1 1 5 7 16 -2 18
14 Real Valladolid 14 4 5 5 14 18 6 2 3 1 7 3 8 2 2 4 7 15 -4 17
15 Real Betis 14 4 4 6 17 24 8 4 2 2 13 10 6 0 2 4 4 14 -7 16
16 SD Eibar 14 4 3 7 14 23 7 3 0 4 8 14 7 1 3 3 6 9 -9 15
17 Mallorca 14 4 2 8 13 21 8 4 2 2 10 7 6 0 0 6 3 14 -8 14
18 Celta de Vigo 14 3 3 8 10 20 7 2 1 4 4 8 7 1 2 4 6 12 -10 12
19 Espanyol 14 2 3 9 8 24 7 0 1 6 3 14 7 2 2 3 5 10 -16 9
20 Leganes 14 1 3 10 8 24 8 1 1 6 5 12 6 0 2 4 3 12 -16 6

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.