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Granada CF vs Espanyol Prediction & Betting tips
In the 22nd round of LaLiga, the last-named Espanyol will visit Granada’s mid-engine. The Catalan visitors crave points, although in the Andalusians they meet one of the strongest home teams of the competition.
Granada:
With seventeen rounds of play ahead, the Granada mid-engine is only thirteen points away from the magical forty-point limit, the number of points where as a club you are normally almost certain of body retention. So the Andalusians are doing well, although trainer Diego Martinez will be worried about the bad shape of the last few weeks, because in no fewer than eight of the last eleven competition duels, his team stepped off the field. Also in the mid-week cup match visiting third-class Badajoz, things did not go smoothly again, although Granada managed to secure its quarter-finals in the extension.
Granada is therefore in a lesser phase, although the red and white certainly do not have to despair. Eight of the ten defeats were made against the nine top clubs of LaLiga. Against clubs from the right row, Granada usually does well. In addition, the own Nuevo Los Carmenes often gives the club extra energy, because with seventeen points from ten home games, Los Nazaries are among the better LaLiga home teams. The red and white will be happy that after five away matches in a row in all competitions they can finally count on the support of their fans.
Espanyol:
After 21 rounds Espanyol is only fifteen points behind and therefore in acute relegation need. Yet at the RCDE Stadium people are confident that they will end well. For example, with the recently appointed trainer Abelardo, the Catalans have appointed a true body preservation specialist. Two years ago he managed to guide Alaves from a hopeless situation to a safe harbor. In addition, Espanyol has provided its selection with a substantial quality injection. The blue and white broke the club record by putting twenty million euros on the table for attacker Raul de Tomas, and also defender Leandro Cabrera and wing-spike Adrian Embarba are a direct reinforcement for the basic eleven.
So there is hope on the horizon for Espanyol, that the last few weeks with excellent results against FC Barcelona (home: 2-2), Villarreal (from: 1-2) and Athletic Bilbao (home: 1-1) are starting to get better and better to play soccer. In addition, the Catalans took the majority of their points outside their own RCDE Stadium this season with eleven points from ten away games. Espanyol could come out of the corner dangerously on Saturday afternoon, although the visitors have to do without the suspended midfielder Marc Roca.
Granada CF vs Espanyol head to head matches
01.09.19 LL Espanyol Granada CF 0 : 3
19.05.17 LL Granada CF Espanyol 1 : 2
21.01.17 LL Espanyol Granada CF 3 : 1
14.03.16 LL Granada CF Espanyol 1 : 1
01.11.15 LL Espanyol Granada CF 1 : 1