Atletico Madrid vs Granada Prediction & Betting Tips - LaLiga

Prediction published on 13/08/2023, 02:08  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 14/08/2023 at 07:30 in LaLiga Prediction

Atletico Madrid’s charge in the Spanish La Liga starts on Monday with a home match against promoted Granada. Last season, Atletico finished third, 11 points behind champions Barcelona, and will seek a higher finish this time. The Madrid side’s preseason had mixed results; they won just once in four, drawing two and losing one. In four of their last five matches both teams scored and their defence will be an area of concern. They also didn’t finish the La Liga season strongly in defence, managing just a clean sheet in the final five. Actually, both sides scored in their last three league matches while all the last four had over 2.5 goals. Playing at home, however, they showed great strength in the league, winning each of the last nine. Each of their last five home league matches also produced over 2.5 goals. While Atletico have one clean sheet in five home league matches, they scored two or more in each of the five.

Granada are back in the topflight after finishing top in the second tier with 75 points. They are unbeaten in their last two meetings with Atletico, a run they will want to extend here. In their last meeting, in 2022, they drew 0-0 while Granada beat Atletico 2-1 in the first meeting that season. However, in the earlier three meetings Atletico won, and four of their last five meetings had over 2.5 goals. Granada had a solid run in preseason and will want to carry the same to this game. They only lost once and won four of their five matches, keeping clean sheets in three. Granada only failed to score once in their last five preseason matches. Both teams scored in three of Granada’s last five competitive matches and they have just one clean sheet in nine.