Granada with Tough Assignment at Valencia

Valencia CF vs Granada CF - 21/03/2021

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There are several games to look forward to on the 21st of March in La Liga, including the meeting between Valencia and Granada.

The match will be played at the Estadio de Mestalla and the hosts start the weekend in 12th place on 30 points while the visitors are in 8th place on 36 points.

Valencia come into the game having lost 1-0 away from home against local rivals Levante. It was a disappointing result following the good 2-1 victory over Villarreal the previous week and having conceded a goal in the 18th minute, Valencia could not find a way back into the match.

Valencia have been inconsistent all season and this is reflected in their 5 most recent games in La Liga, which have ended in 2 wins and 3 defeats.

However, Valencia have a good recent record at home and they are undefeated in their 5 most recent league games at the Estadio de Mestalla. They have won each of their last 3 home La Liga fixtures, with wins coming against Elche, Celta Vigo, and Villarreal.

Trends show Valencia are unbeaten in 28 of their last 32 home matches in La Liga and even without fans, their stadium remains a difficult place to play for the opposition.

Valencia have had little trouble when it comes to scoring goals at home in recent games but keeping clean sheets has been more of an issue. Valencia have conceded goals in 11 of their last 13 home La Liga matches.

Granada come into the game having defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 at home in La Liga last weekend. That result keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for European football next season and it was their second successive victory in all competitions following the win over Molde in the Europa League.

Unfortunately, Granada lost the second leg 2-1 in Norway on Thursday night but it was enough to see them progress in the competition.

Granada have been struggling to win matches recently in La Liga and they have picked up only 2 victories from their last 9 league games.

Away form has been especially poor and Granada have failed to win any of their last 7 league matches on the road.

Granada have been scoring plenty of goals on the road in La Liga and have scored in each of their last 5 away from home.

However, they have also been conceding goals and have conceded at least 2 goals in each of their last 7 away league matches.

Team news and Valencia will be without the injured trio of Eliaquim Mangala, Cristiano Piccini, and Denis Cheryshev.

Granada travel without Dimitri Foulquier, Neyder Lozano, and Luis Javier Suárez. They also have doubts over the fitness of Pepe Sánchez.

This is a match which should see plenty of goalscoring action although we expect the bulk of the scoring to come from the home team.

Given the respective home and away records of Valencia and Granada, the hosts should come out on top with both teams scoring.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

Es1

Valencia CF Granada CF 21/03/2021 16:15

413227

13-1

3 - 1

2.93

15°

2.08

2.08 3.30 3.80 1 -1 -1

FT

2 - 1(1 - 0)

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