Granada vs Atletico Madrid Betting Tips

After a woeful start to the season, Granada have shown real signs of improvement over the past couple of months. They have displayed the fighting spirit and glimpses of quality that suggest they could avoid relegation once again after narrowly beating the drop last term.

They come into this game having lost just 1 of their last 7 matches in La Liga and although there have been more draws than victories, a 2-0 win against an in-form Athletic Bilbao side in their last home game showed they are capable of causing the stronger sides problems.

Atletico Madrid obviously fall into that category but although they are unbeaten in 11 matches and have moved above their city rivals in the table, they have not been playing brilliantly and there are still issues that will be  of concern to boss Diego Simeone.

Their defence is by some distance the best in the league and has continued to hold firm but they are likely to be tested more here than they have been in recent games here. Granada have turned into quite a positive side and boast the best goalscoring record in the bottom half of the division having scored in all of their last 8 matches so backing the home team to net at some point in the game at Evens looks like a decent bet.

Atleti have once again been heavily reliant on Antoine Griezmann for goals and only one Atletico goal in the month of November was scored by someone other than the Frenchman. It is a big ask to expect him to keep digging them out of holes and the way they have been playing they may struggle to secure all 3 points against a much improved Granada side.

Therefore consider backing this to finish 1-1 at odds of 6/1.