In a weekend match on Sat Feb 19th, in week 25, Granada will host Villarreal at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes in a clash 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 13 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Granada recorded a 0-2 loss against Real Sociedad. Mikel Oyarzabal struck first for Real Sociedad in the 37th minute on a penalty kick, then Rafinha added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Mikel Oyarzabal At the end of 90 a dissapointed Granada couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Granada is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while villarreal sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Madrid. Neither Villarreal nor Real Madrid could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 17 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Villarreal should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Aug 16th, Villarreal and Granada battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Villarreal nor Granada could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Pau Torres has been the most prolific scorer on Villarreal in the last 5 matches with two goals. Luis Javier Suárez has been the most effective weapon for Granada lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches
Granada will be without Neyder Lozano, Rochina and Santiago Arias, while Juan Foyth, Arnaut Danjuma, Paco Alcácer, Gerard Moreno and Rubén Peña are unavailable to play for Unai Emery Etxegoien’s team.