Real Madrid vs Granada Predictions

This Saturday, the Santiago Bernabeu will host a meeting between La Liga’s top two teams at the moment. Surprise second-placed Granada will travel to take on Real Madrid in what should be an exciting encounter. 

Newly-promoted Granada will be as surprised as everybody else to find themselves in second place at this point. However, they have impressed on the pitch this season, even picking up a 2-0 win over Barcelona. Their opening 7 games put them among Spain’s big 3 at present. They currently sit just ahead of Atletico and Barcelona on the table.

This game will not be a walk in the park for either of these two sides. Granada have really impressed with their defensive solidity in their early games. They have kept a clean sheet in 4 of their opening 7 games. This gives them the best clean sheet record in La Liga at present. 

Real have also been impressive defensively this season. They have conceded the same amount of goals as Granada have this season. Real have managed just 3 clean sheets from their opening 7 games. However, they have kept all 3 clean sheets in their last 3 La Liga games. 

Both of these teams have also been in good form in front of goal this season. With 13 goals, Granada currently have La Liga’s 3rd best attack. Real have scored just 1 less than Granada. 

Real have been kept scoreless just twice this season. Only Atletico Madrid and PSG have managed to keep a clean sheet vs Zinedine Zidane’s side. Granada have also been difficult to keep quiet this season. Only Sevilla have kept a clean sheet vs Granada. 

Despite Real’s good defensive record in La Liga of late, we feel that there will be goal-scoring opportunities there for Granada to take. Real conceded 2 at home in the Champions League vs Club Brugge in midweek. Real have also scored in 9 of their last 10 home games. 

Both of these teams have enough attacking quality to hurt the other team. We feel that both teams will score in this game. 

It is hard to find a winner between these two teams. Real Madrid have always looked like they could slip-up at any point this season. Granada have been in excellent form, but taking 3 points from the Bernabeu is never an easy task. 

Real have been prone to showing overconfidence in recent times. This has cost them dearly in games, most recently, in midweek vs Club Brugge. We feel that this game could ultimately go either way. We are going to back a 2-2 draw in this game.