Granada vs Villarreal Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Date: 30th October 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Villarreal will return to La Liga action on Monday as they take on Granada at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Both teams are among the most underwhelming teams in La Liga this season, with three points separating them at the lower rung of the table after an uninspiring start to the season. The hosts are off to their second-worst ten-game start to a La Liga campaign of the last decade (W1, D3, L6), and the visitors their equal-worst (W2, D3, L5). Granada come into this tie in worse shape as they sit in the relegation zone after seven La Liga games without a win (D3, L4), though draws at home to top-half clubs Betis (1-1) and Barcelona (2-2) should offer them some hope. Although Manager Paco López’s desire for entertaining, intense football saw his side record more goals in the first ten La Liga rounds (15) than any other club outside the top six, in return, conceded far more goals (25) than anyone else but Almería. Ahead of this game, Granada’s biggest problems lie in their defending, with the hosts one of few clubs without a clean sheet. They will hope they can keep one here against a team that have scored 12 times this season. The visitors, like tie hosts, are in a poor run of form, with their last six La Liga outings featuring three draws and three 2-1 results (W1, D3, L2). Their last outing was a 1-1 draw with lowly Alaves–a second consecutive La Liga match where they failed to defeat a newly promoted club, following a 2-1 loss at home to a Las Palmas side who had lost their first four away games of the La Liga season prior to that. This confirms that their next opposition certainly cannot be taken for granted, and so they will have to be better here. But their La Liga win rate as pre-match away favourites since the start of 2022/23 stands at just 29% (W4, D4, L6) and suggests that it will be a tough game at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
May 3, 2024
Getafe
20:00
Athletic Bilbao
May 4, 2024
Real Sociedad
13:00
Las Palmas
Real Madrid
15:15
Cadiz
Girona
17:30
Barcelona
Mallorca
20:00
Atlético de Madrid
May 5, 2024
Osasuna
13:00
Real Betis
Celta Vigo
15:15
Villarreal
Valencia
17:30
Alaves
Rayo Vallecano
20:00
Almeria
Sevilla
20:00
Granada
May 10, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca
13:00
Las Palmas
Villarreal
15:15
Sevilla
Granada
17:30
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
20:00
Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz
13:00
Getafe
Atlético de Madrid
15:15
Celta Vigo
Valencia
17:30
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
20:00
Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona
20:00
Real Sociedad
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
33
26
6
1
71
22
+49
84
2
Barcelona
33
22
7
4
68
39
+29
73
3
Girona
33
22
5
6
69
40
+29
71
4
Atlético de Madrid
33
20
4
9
62
39
+23
64
5
Athletic Bilbao
33
16
10
7
53
33
+20
58
6
Real Sociedad
33
13
12
8
46
35
+11
51
7
Real Betis
33
12
13
8
41
39
+2
49
8
Valencia
33
13
8
12
37
38
-1
47
9
Villarreal
33
12
9
12
54
55
-1
45
10
Getafe
33
10
13
10
41
45
-4
43
11
Osasuna
33
11
6
16
37
49
-12
39
12
Alaves
33
10
8
15
31
38
-7
38
13
Sevilla
33
9
11
13
42
46
-4
38
14
Las Palmas
33
10
7
16
30
41
-11
37
15
Rayo Vallecano
33
7
13
13
27
42
-15
34
16
Mallorca
33
6
14
13
27
39
-12
32
17
Celta Vigo
33
7
10
16
37
50
-13
31
18
Cadiz
33
4
14
15
23
46
-23
26
19
Granada
33
4
9
20
36
61
-25
21
20
Almeria
33
1
11
21
32
67
-35
14
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