Granada vs Espanyol Betting Tips & Match Predictions

Granada vs Espanyol Intro

Granada head into their final game needing the three points as they welcome Espanyol to the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes. Granada are in the bottom positions in the LaLiga table. Espanyol have fared slightly better, but will be hopeful of improving on a potential bottom half finish. Kick off is on Sunday May 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM.

Entering matchweek 38, Aitor Karanka’s Granada side sit in the 16th place on the table with 37 points from 37 games played while Luis Blanco’s Espanyol squad are currently on 41 points sitting in the 13th place. The 3 places and 4 points between these two sides in the last round seem too big to gap.

Granada vs Espanyol Form

Granada can pick up another three vital points here after losing to Real Betis. That kep them at seven in the last five games. In the meantime, Espanyol have done little in the last 5 games, earning only 2 points and barely managing a draw with Valencia in the previous round. Granada must improve their home form – they have only taken 5 points from last 5 games played with home team advantage. Espanyol have only managed to take 1 points from their five games on the road.

Granada vs Espanyol H2H

Espanyol looks to continue its very impressive record in this fixture against Granada. In 16 games they have won 8 times, with Granada managing just 4. There have not been that many fixtures between these two in the past, but Espanyol has a slight advantage recently, winning one more than Granada in the last six meetings.

Granada vs Espanyol Analysis

Granada’s last match suffer a defeat. Real Betis was their last opponnent. When the referee blew fulltime, the score was 0-2. With that game now a memory, Aitor Karanka’s men will narrow their focus to this week’s challenge : Espanyol in LaLiga. While facing Real Betis, Granada had 39% of ball possession. Looking at shots on goal, Granada, in its previous game, shot 15 times on target and in the same game, Aitor Karanka’s men gave up 10 shots. Meanwhile, Espanyol drew their last match. Luis Blanco’s men were up against Valencia. At the final wistle, the score board showed 1-1. In their match against Valencia, Espanyol claimed 49% of the ball. If we look at shots on goal, Espanyol had a total of 5 shots while they conceded 16 shots.

Granada vs Espanyol Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Granada and Espanyol we see that the bookmakers have Granada as favourites to get the win.