Spain Round 20

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Granada vs Barcelona Preview:

Possible starting lineups:

Granada:
Maximiano; Quini, Duarte, Torrente, Neva; Puertas, Milla, Gonalons, Machis; Molina, Suarez

Barcelona:
Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Garcia, Pique, Alba; Puig, Busquets, Nico; Dembele, L. de Jong, Jutgla

Granada welcome Barcelona to the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes on Saturday. Granada currently occupy the 13th position with 23 points, seven away from the relegation zone. At the same time they are just five points off eighth-placed Villarreal, so the next period will determine their ambitions. Granada were knocked out of the cup by Mancha Real on December 16, so they only have the league to focus on between now and the end of the season. A victory against Barcelona could be the spark they need. The actual form is good, Granada are unbeaten in the last six matches in La Liga and have collected seven points from their last three league fixtures. Coach Robert Moreno is doing an excellent job and I believe the fans are satisfied. In the last home fixture they managed to beat the reigning champions Atletico Madrid with 2:1. Granada were one-goal down after just two minutes, but Darwin Machis equalized 15 minutes later and Jorge Molina secured the victory just after hour-mark. Coach Moreno will try to maintain the solid home form, but he has some worries ahead of this match. Neyder Lozano and Santiago Arias remain sidelined through injury, while German Sanchez, Ruben Rochina and Alberto Soro remain doubts due to recent Coronavirus positive tests. Most probably this match comes too soon for the mentioned trio.

Barcelona are currently fifth in the table, one point behind fourth-placed Atletico Madrid. Securing a Champions League spot is their only realistic target this season as first-placed Real Madrid have huge 15 points more. The Blaugrana were successful in the last period and secured two victories in all competitions. They secured a 2:1 win over Linares Deportivo in the last-32 stage of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday night. They also beat Mallorca 1:0 in the league last weekend despite being without many players due to injuries and COVID-19. The arrival of Xavi brought some positive impact - Barca have now lost just one of their last nine league matches. The away form is not bad, two wins and three draws on the last five league matches on road. Barca managed to beat Villarreal and Mallorca, while shared the points on their visits to Celta, Osasuna and Sevilla. I believe the players confidence is now higher. A positive result here is very important ahead of the match against Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup on January 12. But Xavi has big issues ahead of the trip to Granada. Martin Braithwaite, Pedri and Sergi Roberto remain sidelined through injury, while Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong are the latest victims as they both picked up injury in the cup contest three days ago. That's not all as Samuel Umtiti and Clement Lenglet are rated as doubtful through illness. Finally, Coutinho, Abde Ezzalzouli, Gavi, Alejandro Balde and Sergino Dest are among those to recently test positive for COVID-19.

Granada vs Barcelona Prediction:

I expect Over 2.5 goals in this match. The key reason for my pick is Granada and their home results in the last period. They managed to beat Atletico Madrid with 2:1, while previously won 4:1 against Mallorca and 2:1 against Alaves. Even the defeat from Real Madrid have produced an efficient match, they lost 4:1. As You could see, a total of 16 goals were scored on Mallorca's last four home league fixtures which is an average of 4 goals per game.

Granada vs Barcelona Pick: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.86 with Pinnacle