Match info:
Athletic Bilbao vs Granada
Competition – Spanish Primera Liga
Stadium – San Mames
Date: 28th February
Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT+1
13th position Granada travel to the San Mames Stadium this Friday evening to face 4th place Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Primera Liga.
The Spanish Primera table looks like this:
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Atlético de Madrid | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 41 |
2 | Barcelona | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 38 |
3 | Real Madrid | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 37 |
4 | Athletic Bilbao | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 36 |
5 | Mallorca | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
6 | Villarreal | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 27 |
7 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 25 |
8 | Girona | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 25 |
9 | Osasuna | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 25 |
10 | Celta Vigo | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 24 |
11 | Real Betis | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 24 |
12 | Sevilla | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 22 |
13 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 21 |
14 | Las Palmas | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | -5 | 19 |
15 | Leganes | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 18 |
16 | Getafe | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
17 | Alaves | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 16 |
18 | Espanyol | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -13 | 15 |
19 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 37 | -25 | 12 |
20 | Valencia | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 11 |
A win for Athletic Bilbao will not improve their position but move them closer to a guaranteed Champions League position.
A win for Granada could move them as high as 11th.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 5 times in recent years and nothing separates them.
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 0:2, 1:0, 2:1, 2:2 and 0:1.
Possible line-ups
Athletic Bilbao (4-5-1)
Granada (4-5-1)
Bookmakers make Athletic Bilbao odds-on favourites to come out on top in this match.
Odds: Athletic Bilbao (4/9) Draw (10/3) Granada (6/1)Gamingtips Prediction – Athletic Bilbao 3:1 Granada
Athletic Bilbao have lost just 6 of their opening 25 fixtures while Granada have lost 14 of their opening 25. Granada’s main problem has been scoring goals – they have scored just 22 goals in their opening 25 games compared with Bilbao who have scored 25. Unless Granada can drastically improve their attacking play, they are going to have a very hard time against a side who have a Champions League position in their sights.