Barcelona vs Granada Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th February 2024

Bookmakers favour Barcelona to win against Granada in their next La Liga match. This takes place on Sunday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Granada will put up a fight at the a neutral venue, though.

Sitting two places behind the top of the table, Barcelona claimed 50 points after 23 rounds. Meanwhile, Granada amassed 12 points and rank as number 19 in the La Liga at the moment.

A match between Barcelona and Granada has been such an equal encounter lately, that none of their last three matches produced a winner. This has the look of a match which could be decided by the odds mistake.

Barcelona show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.1 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 21 goals, whilst they allowed 17 goals against, for an average of 1.7 per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

Granada average 0.5 goals a game in their last ten outings, scoring a total of five goals. They conceded an average of 1.5 per game, for a total of 15 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring once.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Barcelona played against Granada. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

Barcelona vs Granada Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Villarreal, they were left empty-handed in a 3-5 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Osasuna in a 1-0 win. They followed that up with a 1-3 win against Deportivo Alaves in their most recent outing. Barcelona managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga. They drew none though, while losing twice in this series. They scored 12 goals and conceded 12 times.

Granada Form

In their previous three games, Granada lost 0-1 and 2-0 against Atletico Madrid and Getafe, respectively, before drawing 1-1 with Las Palmas. Granada are winless in their last six away games in the La Liga, in which they drew zero and lost six. They conceded ten goals while scoring one themselves.

Neither Barcelona nor Granada have been prolific at keeping their opponents at bay in their latest encounters, making both teams to score out choice on bet on Sunday.

Barcelona took 30 points from their last 13 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. This amounts to nine wins after scoring 29 times and conceding 20. Granada claimed zero wins and five points from their last 14 encounters with teams in the top half of the La Liga, while scoring 12 goals to 26 against. Barcelona claimed 15 wins, five draws as well as three defeats in the La Liga this season. Granada are looking at two wins, six draws and 15 defeats in the La Liga.

Barcelona vs Granada Squads

Barcelona Squad

The 44-year-old Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez, will select the lineup against Granada from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the La Liga this season):

Inaki Pena (0/10), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/13), Alex Balde (0/18), Andreas Christensen (0/17), Hector Fort (0/2), Inigo Martinez (0/9), Joao Cancelo (2/19), Jules Kounde (1/20), Marcos Alonso (0/4), Ronald Araujo (1/17), Sergi Roberto (3/6), Fermin Lopez (1/16), Ferran Torres (7/21), Frenkie de Jong (1/15), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (5/23), Oriol Romeu (0/17), Pedri (2/12), Joao Felix (4/18), Lamine Yamal (1/23), Raphinha (3/15), Robert Lewandowski (9/21), Vitor Roque (2/5).

Granada Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 55 year-old Granada manager Sandoval will select his starting XI from these players:

Adrian Lopez (0/0), Augusto Batalla (0/5), Marc Martinez (0/0), Raul Fernandez (0/4), Bruno Mendez (1/5), Carlos Neva (0/23), Faitout Maouassa (0/2), Ignasi Miquel (0/23), Jesus Vallejo (0/3), Kamil Piatkowski (0/2), Miguel Rubio (1/8), Miki Bosch (0/0), Ricard Sanchez (2/21), Victor Diaz (0/4), Facundo Pellistri (0/1), Gerard Gumbau (0/21), Gonzalo Villar (1/21), Kamil Jozwiak (0/0), Lassina Sangare (0/0), Martin Hongla (0/2), Oscar Melendo (0/17), Raul Torrente (0/13), Sergio Ruiz (0/21), Antonio Puertas (0/21), Jose Maria Callejon (0/18), Lucas Boye (3/17), Matias Arezo (0/5), Myrto Uzuni (6/23), Pablo Saenz (0/0), Theodor Corbeanu (0/0).

Barcelona vs Granada Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Barcelona, as they prepare to meet Granada, since nine could be missing. For their upcoming match in round 24, Barcelona are unable to call upon Vitor Roque, who is suspended.

Ilkay Gundogan, Ferran Torres, Joao Felix, Sergi Roberto, Alex Balde, Raphinha, Marcos Alonso, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen nurses various injuries and won't take part for Barcelona against Granada at a neutral venue.

Going to Barcelona, Granada have four players out of action for the match this coming Sunday. Kamil Piatkowski won't turn out for Granada in their next match, as he has been suspended due to accumulating too many penalty points.

Names like Victor Diaz, Raul Fernandez and Miguel Rubio most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Barcelona.

Barcelona vs Granada Lineups

Barcelona vs Granada H2H

Neither Barcelona nor Granada managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 2-2 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/1. Barcelona seem to have a great read on Granada, winning five times of the previous ten matches in the La Liga. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2/9.

Barcelona vs Granada Results

In the last ten matches between Barcelona and Granada over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 2/5 with bookies.

Barcelona vs Granada Betting Tips

Ferran Torres has been great for Barcelona lately, hitting the target four times, which makes him worth considering in the betting market. Granada are optimistic that Bruno Mendez doubles up on the one goal he provided in their past six outings.

Barcelona won seven of their previous 10 outings across all tournaments on home soil. They lost three as well, whilst visitors Granada won zero of their last 10 matches away from home. They drew one and lost nine. Granada didn't keep a clean sheet even once in their previous 10 away games. Barcelona managed three clean sheets in their last 10 games at Barcelona.

Barcelona managed an average of 1.8 goals in the past ten encounters against Granada, who scored 0.9 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored five times. In their previous ten matches across all tournaments Barcelona saw over 2.5 goals scored eight times, and they scored 2.4 goals on average during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Granada's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.5 goals in these matches.