Barcelona to Continue Good Form at Granada

Granada CF vs FC Barcelona - 08/01/2022

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The Spanish La Liga resumes this weekend and on the 8th of January we have a meeting between Granada and Barcelona.

The match will be played at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes and the hosts begin the weekend in 13th place on 23 points while the visitors are in 5th place on 31 points.

Granada come into the game on the back of a 0-0 draw at Elche last weekend in La Liga. Elche had a player sent off at the beginning of the second half but Granada could not take advantage of playing against ten men and failed to score.

However, that result means Granada are undefeated in 7 of their last 8 games in all competitions.

They are undefeated in each of their last 6 La Liga fixtures and in addition to the draw at Elche, Granada have beaten Alaves, Real Mallorca, and Atletico Madrid at home plus picked up a point at Athletic Bilbao and Cadiz.

Trends show Granada have achieved 3 straight home wins in all competitions and in La Liga. They have been scoring goals regularly when playing at home and have found the back of the net in each of their last 9 La Liga matches.

However, they have trouble keeping a clean sheet and both teams have scored in Granada’s last 5 home league games.

Barcelona make the trip to the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes having defeated Linares Deportivo 2-1 away from home in the Copa Del Rey on Wednesday night. Barcelona fell behind in the 19th minute and could have been dumped out of the competition in what would have been a shock result but scored 2 goals in the space of 6 minutes in the second half to win the game.

That result means Barcelona are undefeated in each of their last 4 matches in all competitions. They are also undefeated in their 4 most recent La Liga fixtures, beating Elche at home and Real Mallorca away plus picking up a point away against Osasuna and Sevilla.

Away form in La Liga shows Barcelona are undefeated in their last 5 games and they have lost only 2 of their last 13 on the road. Trends show both teams have scored in 4 of Barcelona’s last 5 away league matches.

Team news and Granada have problems with COVID-19 meaning Alberto Soro, Germán Sánchez, Carlos Bacca, Sergio Escudero, and Aaron Escandell could all miss out. Santiago Arias are Rubén Rochina are doubtful.

Barcelona also have problems with COVID-19 and Pedri, Philippe Coutinho, Abde Ezzalzouli, Gavi, and Álex Balde are unavailable. Samuel Umtiti, Clement Lenglet, Sergi Roberto, and Ronald Araujo are injured while there are doubts over the fitness of Ferrán Torres, Yusuf Demir, Sergino Dest, Martin Braithwaite, and Moussa Wagué.

Barcelona continue to have selection issues but Granada are also missing players for this game. Barcelona have coped in their recent outings and they could do so again here, taking maximum points with both teams scoring.

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Granada CF FC Barcelona 08/01/2022 18:30

253540

2

1 - 3

3.11

11°

1.73

4.50 3.75 1.73 no no no

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1 - 1(0 - 0)

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