In this week 23 match, on Sun Feb 6th, Real Madrid plays host to Granada in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Real Madrid is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Elche. Lucas Boyé scored the first goal for Elche in the 42nd minute, then Pere Milla added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Lucas Boyé . Real Madrid looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while granada sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Osasuna. David García scored the first goal for Osasuna in the 64th minute, then Kike added another in the 89th minute In the end, Granada was frustrated by Osasuna’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Osasuna ended the match with the shutout victory. Granada is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Real Madrid and Granada last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes on the 21st of November. Real Madrid took the match by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over 17000 dissapointed spectators. Asensio struck first for Real Madrid in the 19th minute, then Nacho added another in the 25th minute.
Granada’s most prolific scorer has been Luis Javier Suárez. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Both Vinícius Júnior and Karim Benzema have been the hottest scorers for Real Madrid in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Real Madrid will be without Vinícius Júnior, Carvajal, Asensio and Mariano Díaz, while Robert Moreno’s squad will be without Jesús Vallejo, Neyder Lozano, Rochina and Santiago Arias.