Alaves vs Granada: The relegation battle of the La Liga heats up on Saturday as Deportivo Alaves faces Granada in a must-win clash for both sides.
Match Details:
Teams: Alaves vs Granada
Venue: Estadio de Mendizorroza, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Date: Saturday 19th March, 2022
Time: 06:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.voot.com/
Preview
Alaves stretched their winless run to four matches after their 1-0 away loss to Real Sociedad last Sunday.
Zubimendi scored the only goal for the hosts to inflict a 16th loss of the season on Alaves, leaving them in 19th place with 22 points.
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Alaves’ lack of form and consistency leaves them on the verge of relegation due to which a three pointer is necessary to get back some motivation, confidence.
On the other hand, Granada sustained a 4th defeat in 5 matches with a 1-0 home loss to Elche. Chaves scored the goal which made the difference.
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This was the 13th loss of the season for Granada leaving them in 17th place on the table; 3 points shy of the relegation.
Another side with no confidence, desire and motivation trying to hold themselves up leading to dismal performances is Granada.
It is all set up for difficult last few weeks as neither side can afford any more dropped points.
Both sides last met in December; where Granada won 2-1 at home.
Form Guide
Alaves: LDDLW
Granada: LLDLL
Last Matches of both teams:
Real Sociedad 1-0 Alaves
Granada 0-1 Elche
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Alaves vs Granada in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Voot Select App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on MTV India.
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— Granada CF 🇺🇸🇬🇧 (@GranadaCF_en) March 13, 2022
Team News
The hosts have no injury concerns ahead of this important clash whereas Granada has players out of contention.
Montoro, Gonalons. Lozano and Arias miss out while Torrente is suspended due to bookings accumulation.
🔙 Remembering #AlavésGranada 💭
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— Deportivo Alavés 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@alaveseng) March 17, 2022
Alaves possible 11:
Pacheco, Tenaglia, Laguardia, Lejeune, Duarte, Ndiaye, Moya, Mendez, Escalante, Rioja and Joselu
Granada possible 11:
Maximiano, Sanchez, Duarte, Diaz, Quini, Milla, Petrovic, Neva, Collado, Uzuni and Suárez
Prediction: Alaves 0-0 Granada
We do not see much happening here and a goalless draw is expected as neither side lack the desire to turn things around.
A closely fought clash is expected to take place but not much in terms of goals.
Players to watch out for: Escalante, Joselu, Suarez, and Neva.