Evenly matched teams: Granada vs Valencia match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (23156 seats)

After league round 1 it's Granada - Valencia 1-3 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second La Liga match of the season?

This has all the signs of an absorbing fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Granada form and stats

Last season, Granada's league results were 13 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses, resulting in 9th place in the La Liga. During these 38 matches they scored 47 goals and let in 65. Playing as the home side in the previous season Granada delivered 9-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 25 conceded.

Granada are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 207 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Puertas). Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aaron Escandell Banacloche not having conceded a league goal in 198 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Granada, facing Villarreal in a game that ended 0-0. Defender Germán Sánchez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Sánchez won 4 of 9 duels.

In the match before that, Granada hosted Getafe and drew the game 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Granada perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Granada as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Granada has won nine of these, drawn three and lost zero.

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Valencia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Valencia performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 13 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 16/30 goals scored/conceded.

Valencia have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili. It's been 232 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.

Valencia are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the La Liga against Getafe (placed 17th). Giorgi Mamardashvili was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.13. The agile goalkeeper Mamardashvili stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. A heroic performance from Valencia in their game against Getafe last time out. Things got complicated when Hugo Guillamón was sent off in the 3rd minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Huesca.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Valencia playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Valencia wins, five draws and six defeats.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
1 goals

Granada missing players

Valencia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Granada Valencia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 4
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Granada Last season Valencia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 9   Won W   2 10
7 4   Drew D   6 13
18 6   Lost L   11 15
47 25   Scored S   16 50
65 25   Conceded C   30 53
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
82% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 76%
61% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 55%
32% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 32%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
61% 47%   BTTS BTTS   58% 63%
24% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 18%
21% 26%   Failed to Score F T   32% 24%
 
3.4 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.3
4.9 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.3
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
6 4   Red cards R C   3 5
 
9 9.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.1
2.9 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.5
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 38%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 FC Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Granada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 FC Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 30

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Valencia:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Sevilla 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 FC Barcelona 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cadiz 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Levante 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Athletic Club 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Elche 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Espanyol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Granada 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Osasuna 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Villarreal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Getafe 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Deportivo Alaves 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Rayo Vallecano 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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