Athletic Club vs Granada Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th April 2024

Athletic Club enjoy home advantage, when visitors Granada swing by on Friday for a clash in the La Liga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Sitting bottom of the table, Granada have claimed 17 points after 31 rounds, while Athletic Club have amassed 57 points. This places the latter as number 5 in the La Liga at the moment.

Granada will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Athletic Club. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win this coming Friday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Athletic Club are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents eight goals, or an average of 0.8 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to six clean sheets in this run.

Granada are currently not the most scoring team in the La Liga, as they only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. This is an average of just one goals a game in which they conceded 18 times, an average of 1.8 per game. They managed one clean sheets in these.

It finished all square on when Athletic Club last faced Granada. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 19/4.

Athletic Club vs Granada Prediction

Athletic Club Form

Athletic Club claimed two points in their previous three matches, where they lost 2-0 against Real Madrid. They took a point in a1-1 draw with Mallorca, before also drawing 1-1 with Villarreal. Athletic Club won four of their past six matches on home soil in the La Liga, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored 14 goals and conceded four times.

Granada Form

In their last three matches, Granada lost against Cadiz and Valencia by 1-0 and 0-1, respectively, and beat Deportivo Alaves by 2-0. Granada didn't manage a single away win in their last six La Liga matches, but managed one draws, while suffering five defeats. They conceded 13 and scored four goals themselves.

Athletic Club recorded 19 points following five wins from their last nine games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 19 goals, but also conceded four. Granada fought their way to zero wins and three points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target 14 times in these matches, but also let in 24 goals. Athletic Club are looking at a record of 16 wins, nine draws and six defeats in the La Liga this season. Granada are looking at three wins, eight draws and 20 defeats in the La Liga.

Athletic Club vs Granada Squads

Athletic Club Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Ernesto Valverde, will select the lineup against Granada from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Julen Agirrezabala (0/1), Unai Simon (0/30), Aitor Paredes (1/29), Daniel Vivian (0/28), Hugo Rincon (0/0), Imanol Garcia de Albeniz (0/6), Inigo Lekue (0/21), Oscar de Marcos (1/24), Yeray Alvarez (0/13), Yuri Berchiche (3/23), Ander Herrera (0/18), Benat Prados (0/21), Dani Garcia (1/14), Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta (1/24), Mikel Jauregizar (0/4), Mikel Vesga (3/23), Oihan Sancet (4/28), Raul Garcia (0/13), Unai Gomez (2/20), Alex Berenguer (6/28), Asier Villalibre (1/14), Gorka Guruzeta (13/30), Iker Muniain (1/17), Inaki Williams (9/28), Malcom Ares (0/10), Nico Williams (3/25).

Granada Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Granada players that the manager Jose Ramon Sandoval will choose from for the upcoming game:

Adrian Lopez (0/0), Augusto Batalla (0/13), Marc Martinez (0/0), Raul Fernandez (0/4), Bruno Mendez (1/11), Carlos Neva (0/30), Faitout Maouassa (0/4), Ignasi Miquel (1/30), Jesus Vallejo (0/3), Kamil Piatkowski (0/5), Miguel Rubio (1/13), Miki Bosch (0/0), Ricard Sanchez (3/28), Victor Diaz (0/4), Facundo Pellistri (1/9), Gerard Gumbau (0/28), Gonzalo Villar (1/28), Kamil Jozwiak (0/7), Lassina Sangare (0/0), Martin Hongla (0/9), Oscar Melendo (0/22), Raul Torrente (0/14), Sergio Ruiz (0/28), Antonio Puertas (0/25), Jose Maria Callejon (0/21), Lucas Boye (4/24), Matias Arezo (0/10), Myrto Uzuni (10/30), Pablo Saenz (0/0), Theodor Corbeanu (1/6).

Athletic Club vs Granada Team News

Athletic Club have an almost full squad available against Granada at San Mames with only one player possibly missing.

Sidelined with an injury, Athletic Club can't field Nico Williams on Friday against Granada.

Granada are juggling with four absent players on on Friday when travelling to Athletic Club.

Granada need to do without Lucas Boye, Victor Diaz, Jesus Vallejo and Raul Fernandez, who are not fit enough to travel to San Mames.

Athletic Club vs Granada Lineups

Athletic Club vs Granada H2H

It finished all square on when Athletic Club last faced Granada. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 19/4. Athletic Club enter the match against Granada with a 4-3-3 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 40%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Athletic Club vs Granada Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Athletic Club and Granada. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 6/5 with bookies.

Athletic Club vs Granada Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Gorka Guruzeta brings great form to the table, as he is now on four goals in six games. Surely, Athletic Club will start him against Granada, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Myrto Uzuni, who notched up three goals in his past six games.

Athletic Club won seven of their last 10 matches on home soil, drew three and lost none. Granada won zero games, drew one and lost nine in their last 10 away games across all tournaments. Athletic Club are no doubt looking for goals on Friday, since Granada have been unable to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 away games. The former fought their way to five clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Athletic Club managed an average of 1.3 goals, with Granada averaging 1.4 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Athletic Club’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Granada, who managed to score one time in those matches.