This January 4, 2019 will take place in the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes one of the two games that will start the Spanish Second Division football in this new year, when Granada CF receives Albacete Balompié in a match that seems like the best of the day to face the first two classified.
In the case of Granada CF, we have the leading team of the Second Division with 38 points, a place that is still in dispute for the first 4 teams of the general table, so the locals must come out with everything in this game to avoid lose the tip and above all, positions of direct promotion to the First Division, which will most likely be the main objective of Granada. They have in their favor the locality, as they come to this match with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss playing in this condition, so it is a certain advantage to be before their people playing a key game of the many that will have long this season.
On the side of Albacete Balompié, we can see a team that has come from less to more in the season, with an impressive run of 10 games without knowing the defeat, so they arrive with a lot of inspiration to this game, especially for having finished 2018 in positions of direct promotion, which very surely is now their objective and they will have before Granada one of their toughest resistance tests to know if they are made, or not, to ascend at the end of the season. As visitors maintain a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, which is not at all despicable, but add one more defeat than the Granada as a home, so obviously are not considered favorites to take the game.
All these situations mentioned above make me anticipate a fairly even match, but above all, where both teams will be looking for the rival goal, since a draw would pose an unnecessary risk for both, so the both mark me seems one of the best options to bet in this game.
PREDICTION: Granada CF to win @ 1.85
