Carrying a 8 point edge in the league standings, Athletic Club club members hope to see their gladiators earn maximum points from this match versus Granada.
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in La Liga
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Granada have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Athletic Club form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga for Athletic Club at their home stadium (San Mamés Barria) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for Club's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. I. Muniain was their last goal scorer.
Athletic Club manager M. García Toral and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Levante (placed 20th) in the La Liga. Yeray Álvarez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Álvarez won 6 of 12 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Cadiz that was lost 0-1.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 two matches, drawn four and lost one.
Club has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. 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 5 from 6 matches.
Granada form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Granada so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
The manager R. Moreno was unhappy after their last game, a La Liga match played at their home ground Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Granada suffered a 1-4 loss to Real Madrid (placed 1st). Attacker Alberto Soro got a player rating of 7.0 in the game. "Man of the match"
A 0-2 defeat away at Espanyol before that.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 five games. Results were one away win, two draws and two home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Granada now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Del Rey game at Laguna is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Granada in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Athletic Club wins - draws - Granada wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Suárez Charris 4 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 3 goals |  Í. Martínez Berridi 2 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Granada missing players
| Athletic Club | Granada | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 92% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 77% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 54% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 31% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 57% | 31% |
| 7.2 | 8.2 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 14.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9 | 9.7 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 20% | 23% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 21% | 29% |
| 11.6 | 10.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 16.4 | 16.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | 5.8 |
- Athletic Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in La Liga
- Athletic Club have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in La Liga
- Athletic Club have the most matches under the total-line (11) in La Liga
- Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Deportivo Alaves | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Granada | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Elche | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Getafe | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Levante | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 7 |