Atlético Madrid travel to Granada with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (23156 seats)

Scrambling Granada need to pull off a surprise when they host top team Atlético Madrid in the next league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Granada form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Granada so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Granada bring valid hopes of a third.

The Granada supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mallorca in La Liga and win 4-1. What a game it was for Molina when beating Mallorca, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Molina, a striker, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.93 (out of 10). Molina scored three goals.

Heartbreak before that as Granada lost 0-1 at Mancha Real's place.

The Granada fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. When Granada hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Levante, Mallorca, Getafe, Elche, Cadiz and Deportivo Alaves), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Atlético Madrid have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Atlético as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Cadiz match.

Atlético are travelling again after losing away to Sevilla in their previous match (1-2). Lemar got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, top player of the team. Lemar served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 38 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at Real Madrid before that.

Atlético has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Atlético Madrid have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Granada-Atlético Madrid H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Granada zero wins, Atlético Madrid eight wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
7 goals
GranadaJ. Molina Vidal
J. Molina Vidal
6 goals
GranadaL. Suárez Charris
L. Suárez Charris
4 goals

Granada missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Granada Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 4 9 17
4 3 1 Won W 2 4 8
7 2 0 Drew D 1 2 5
6 3 3 Lost L 1 3 4
21 13 5 Scored S 8 16 28
25 13 9 Conceded C 5 14 20
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 76%
47% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 78% 65%
29% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 29%
18% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 12%
65% 88% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 59%
18% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
24% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 22% 18%
 
3.6 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.9 5.9
5.6 5 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.2 3.6
2.7 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.1 10.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.8 13.4
3.5 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4 4
36% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 44% 41%
 
15.6 14.9 17.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 8.7 7.8
5.5 5.9 7.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.4
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Granada have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Granada have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Granada 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 18 13 4 1 39 15 9 6 3 0 18 5 9 7 1 1 21 10 24 43
2 Sevilla 17 11 4 2 28 12 8 7 1 0 20 7 9 4 3 2 8 5 16 37
3 Real Betis 18 10 3 5 32 21 9 5 2 2 19 10 9 5 1 3 13 11 11 33
4 Rayo Vallecano 18 9 3 6 26 18 9 8 1 0 19 3 9 1 2 6 7 15 8 30
5 Atlético Madrid 17 8 5 4 28 20 8 4 3 1 12 6 9 4 2 3 16 14 8 29
6 Real Sociedad 18 8 5 5 20 20 9 4 3 2 6 6 9 4 2 3 14 14 0 29
7 Barcelona 17 7 6 4 28 21 10 6 2 2 19 11 7 1 4 2 9 10 7 27
8 Valencia 17 6 7 4 26 23 9 4 4 1 16 10 8 2 3 3 10 13 3 25
9 Athletic Club 18 5 9 4 16 14 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 1 7 1 4 4 2 24
10 Espanyol 18 6 5 7 20 21 9 6 2 1 14 7 9 0 3 6 6 14 -1 23
11 Villarreal 17 5 7 5 21 18 8 4 2 2 14 9 9 1 5 3 7 9 3 22
12 Osasuna 18 5 7 6 17 22 9 1 5 3 7 13 9 4 2 3 10 9 -5 22
13 Celta de Vigo 18 5 5 8 20 22 10 2 2 6 11 15 8 3 3 2 9 7 -2 20
14 Mallorca 18 4 8 6 17 27 9 2 6 1 8 7 9 2 2 5 9 20 -10 20
15 Granada 17 4 7 6 21 25 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 1 5 3 8 12 -4 19
16 Getafe 18 3 6 9 12 20 9 3 2 4 9 9 9 0 4 5 3 11 -8 15
17 Elche 18 3 6 9 18 27 8 2 4 2 9 10 10 1 2 7 9 17 -9 15
18 Deportivo Alaves 17 4 3 10 13 24 9 3 1 5 7 12 8 1 2 5 6 12 -11 15
19 Cadiz 18 2 8 8 15 31 9 0 5 4 6 14 9 2 3 4 9 17 -16 14
20 Levante 17 0 8 9 16 32 8 0 6 2 6 11 9 0 2 7 10 21 -16 8

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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.