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Villarreal vs Granada CF Prediction & Betting tips
Unthinkable in Germany, absolute normality in Spain. The new season starts this weekend and only two games will be played at the same time. The match day is divided into no less than nine different kick-off times. Only on Saturday evening at 20 clock two games are started at the same time. Among other things, it comes to a duel between Villarreal and Granada, one of the three promoted!
Villarreal’s yellow U-boat has to get used to a season without international matches this season, after the team delivered a horrific year and shivered for a long time. Granada succeeded after two years in LaLiga2 the return to the Spanish football upper house.
The motto of the Elf from Andalusia has come “to stay”. Despite the self-confidence after the rise a point win on the first matchday would be quite surprising. Villarreal is traded against Granada according to current odds as a clear favorite. Rightly? We try to answer this question.
Villarreal:
Memories of the season 2011/12 were brought up in the past season again and again. The team played handsomely, but skidded into a vicious circle. Simple mistakes were punished, the best opportunities were left. The worries of having to relegation, but could be averted by a strong finish.
Villarreal is not a team that comes through the great fight and the harshness to success, but always tries to find footballing solutions. The team of head coach Javier Calleja – who was fired in the previous year and then brought back – plays a well-groomed football. With the beginning of the new season, the contaminated sites can be shaken off.
Without pressure the yellow are a serious candidate for the international starting places. Villarreal strengthened the team with players like Raul Albiol, Alberto Moreno, Ruben Pena or loaner Andre Zambo Anguissa. In addition, top talent Samuel Chukwueze could be held. A certain euphoria can not be denied.
The preparation has shown that the defensive still has room for improvement, but it is quite satisfactory in the game forward. The yellow submarine scored goal after goal!
The results in preparation were consistently promising; only the game against Schalke was lost. The remaining games could all be won. A question mark before the start of the season is still behind goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo, who last had to pause due to injury. With Andres Fernandez, however, a passable replacement is available.
Granada:
For 35 years, the fans of the Andalusians had to wait before the club was again represented in 2011/12 in the top division of the country. Fortunately, this time only two years have passed since the relegation in the 2016/17 season. After tenth in the first year after relegation Diego Martinez took the helm in the red-white.
Under him, Granada developed significantly, could almost halve the number of defeats and conceding goals. The reward was the second place in the table and the return to LaLiga. The coming season Granada denies most of the promotion heroes. Although the squad was selectively strengthened, but large expenses were missing.
Darwin Machis and Domingos Duarte are the most expensive newcomers, each with a turnover of three million euros. With veteran Roberto Soldado (34) could be committed to the relegation battle an experienced striker. Free transfer from Fenerbahce, he returned to his home country and definitely represents a reinforcement.
Preparatory results should always be treated with caution, but they certainly encourage the game at the Estadio de la Ceramica. The recent four games were all won, including Sevilla could be defeated. The form fits, but the promoted on Saturday night is considered a clear outsider.
The last away win in the Spanish LaLiga Granada celebrated on May 8, 2016 in the derby against Sevilla. In the relegation year, the Andalusians acted with a 0-4-15 balance in the foreign inferior. In the previous year, the team of head coach Diego Martinez was much more successful at home than in foreign countries.
Villarreal vs Granada CF head to head matches
28.01.17 LL Villarreal Granada CF 2 : 0
20.08.16 LL Granada CF Villarreal 1 : 1
30.01.16 LL Villarreal Granada CF 1 : 0
13.09.15 LL Granada CF Villarreal 1 : 3
07.02.15 LL Villarreal Granada CF 2 : 0