Barcelona vs Granada CF PREVIEW & PREDICTION 19/01/2020

Barcelona and Granada meet in a match in the round with the number 20 in La Liga. The confrontation will be played on Sunday, from 20:00 pm on Camp Nou.

The main attraction of this duel is undoubtedly the new host technician, Quique Setien. He reached the leader of Spain after the failure they suffered in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup, 2-3 against Atletico Madrid. Setien will try to achieve his first success of the term in Barcelona without Luis Suarez, who will be absent in the next 4 months.

Granada is going through a difficult time in La Liga, especially due to the trips. Diego Martinez’s team has lost the last five matches played on foreign soil, in three of them failing to score. However, they are present at Camp Nou after two wins at the limit, 1-0 with Mallorca in the championship and 1-0 at Tamaraceite, in the Spanish Cup.

– The 13 teams have met the two times so far, the overall score being 11-2 in favor of Barcelona;
– In this season’s tour, Granada managed to prevail on its own ground, with a score of 2-0;
-The Catalans won in all the 6 direct confrontations from Camp -No, and in the last 5 did not receive a goal;

Barcelona: Ter Stegen – Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba – Busquets, Roberto, Rakitic – Messi, Griezmann, Fati;
Absent: Ousmane Dembele, Luis Suarez (injured), Frenkie De Jong (suspended), Arthur (uncertain);

Granada: Silva – Sanchez, Duarte, Martinez – Diaz, Herrera, Gonalons, Neva – Puertas, Soldado, Machis;
Absent: Neyder Lozano, Fede Vico, Quini (injured), Angel Montoro (suspended), Yangel Herrera, Yan Eteki (uncertain);

In Suarez’s absence, Lionel Messi will have to be much more active in the attack, especially in the final. The Catalan star failed to score in the last four straight duels with Granada, and this seems like the right time to stop this series.


PREDICTION: Under 2,5 goals @ 1,90

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