Football betting preview: Granada vs Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 30.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (23156 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Granada fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Valencia.

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

Granada and Valencia 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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Granada form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 La Liga games here at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes for Granada. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

In their previous game, the manager D. Martínez Penas led his Granada to a defeat in the La Liga match away at Real Madrid. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Betis in a game that was won 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Granada have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn three and lost two.

There will be little rest for Granada after this match as they are travelling to SD Eibar for a La Liga game in only four days.

The Granada fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Valencia form and stats

There's been little loot from Valencia's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the La Liga. Valencia only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. It's three draws from Valencia's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga home defeat versus Sevilla with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that, Valencia travelled to Barcelona and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Valencia in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Valencia, five draws and three defeats.

Valencia have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Valencia in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
5 goals
ValenciaM. Gómez González
M. Gómez González
4 goals
ValenciaM. Vallejo Galván
M. Vallejo Galván
4 goals

Granada missing players

Valencia missing players

Granada Valencia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 15
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 2 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 1 Lost L 1 3 6
17 12 5 Scored S 3 8 21
22 8 7 Conceded C 4 10 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 73%
36% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 60%
29% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 40%
14% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 67%
36% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 13%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 10.7 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.9 9.3
3.1 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 3.8
40% 48% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 37%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • 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.
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Atlético Madrid 13 10 2 1 26 5 7 6 1 0 18 2 6 4 1 1 8 3 21 32
2 Real Madrid 15 10 2 3 27 14 7 5 0 2 13 5 8 5 2 1 14 9 13 32
3 Real Sociedad 16 7 5 4 25 12 8 3 3 2 11 6 8 4 2 2 14 6 13 26
4 Villarreal 15 6 8 1 20 14 8 4 4 0 12 6 7 2 4 1 8 8 6 26
5 Barcelona 14 7 3 4 28 14 8 5 2 1 20 9 6 2 1 3 8 5 14 24
6 Sevilla 13 7 2 4 15 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 4 1 2 8 5 5 23
7 Granada 14 6 3 5 17 22 7 4 2 1 12 8 7 2 1 4 5 14 -5 21
8 Celta de Vigo 15 5 5 5 20 21 7 4 0 3 12 11 8 1 5 2 8 10 -1 20
9 Real Betis 15 6 1 8 16 26 7 3 1 3 9 10 8 3 0 5 7 16 -10 19
10 Athletic Club 15 5 3 7 18 18 6 4 0 2 10 4 9 1 3 5 8 14 0 18
11 Cádiz 15 5 3 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 4 10 8 4 1 3 7 10 -9 18
12 Getafe 14 4 5 5 12 15 8 3 2 3 8 7 6 1 3 2 4 8 -3 17
13 Deportivo Alaves 15 4 5 6 13 17 8 2 4 2 6 7 7 2 1 4 7 10 -4 17
14 Valencia 15 3 6 6 21 22 8 2 3 3 13 12 7 1 3 3 8 10 -1 15
15 Levante 14 3 6 5 16 18 6 2 3 1 8 6 8 1 3 4 8 12 -2 15
16 Elche 13 3 6 4 12 16 7 1 4 2 6 9 6 2 2 2 6 7 -4 15
17 SD Eibar 15 3 6 6 11 15 8 0 4 4 2 8 7 3 2 2 9 7 -4 15
18 Real Valladolid 15 3 5 7 15 24 8 2 3 3 9 13 7 1 2 4 6 11 -9 14
19 Huesca 15 1 9 5 13 23 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 0 5 3 8 16 -10 12
20 Osasuna 14 3 3 8 13 23 7 2 1 4 7 12 7 1 2 4 6 11 -10 12

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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.