LiontipsGranada vs Barcelona. Predictions and Betting Tips for La Liga
Command Analysis
Granada failed to retain the same level of performance throughout the whole season last year - team had not enough options for rotation, plus they suffered a loss of focus. Unfortunately for the fans, Nasrids failed the start of a new season.
Team got off to a successful start in the Spanish Cup, beating Laguna (7:0) in the first round, but after that team unexpectedly suffered a defeat to the fourth tier side, Mancha (0:1).
In 19 rounds of La Liga hosts recorded five victories and eight draws, which brought 23 points and a 13th spot in the standings. After two consecutive victories over Mallorca (4:1) and Atletico (2:1) Roberto Moreno's men split the points with Elche (0:0). Team put up a weak offensive performance, they scored only 23 goals.
Arias and Lozano won't be able to play due to injuries. Bacca, Escandell and Escudero are isolated with coronavirus.
Barcelona started the performance in Copa del Rey this week, in the first match team recorded a narrow away victory over a modest Linares side (2:1).
In this game Xavi gave a chance to younger players, who were not looking confident against players from the fourth division, but Catalan side still recorded a victory by one goal.
The Blaugrana failed to put up a successful performance in the Champions League, team got only a third spot at the end, so now team will play in the Europa League.
As for La Liga, Barca currently have eight victories and seven draws, which brought 31 points and a 5th spot in the standings. After a victory over Elche (3:2) visitors drew to Sevilla (1:1) and in the first match of 2022 recorded an away victory over Mallorca (1:0).
Umtiti, Braithwaite, Wague, De Jong, Demir, Lenglet, Araujo and Roberto won't play in this match. Ezzalzouli, Coutinho, Gavi and Balde are isolated with coronavirus.
Trends
Barca won 2 out of 5 most recent head-to-head matches
In 4 out of 6 most recent home matches Granada scored in the second half
In 3 out of 5 most recent matches of the visitors goals were scored in both halves
This bet played in 2 out of 4 most recent matches of the visitors
Tip and bets
In this match we will place a bet on the visitors, who have many players unavailable, but youngsters of Catalan team won 3 out of 4 most recent matches, so they should be able to record another victory. Moreover, Granada were unsuccessful in recent home matches against the Blaugrana.
Our prediction - Barcelona to win the match
We think that Barca will be able to showcase their offensive potential. In 4 out of 5 most recent head-to-head matches opponents managed to score at least three goals and in two games favourite scored by one goal. We think that visitors are in a bad condition, so they are unlikely to record a confident victory.
Our second bet is on Barcelona to win by one goal
