Sixth and seventh in the pre-season, Granada and Real Sociedad started for La Liga in the Europa League. While the Basques were defeated by Manchester United in the intermediate round, the Andalusians have a leg up on the quarter-finals after beating Molde FK 2-0 in the first leg. Now the Nazaríes want to take this momentum into La Liga, where things have not been going too well lately. Granada have lost three of their last four league games.
Accordingly, it is not surprising that the odds of the bookmakers in the run-up to the match between Granada and Real Sociedad are swinging in the direction of the visitors, as the odds comparison of AFT shows.
It should also be noted that Erreala have won six of their last seven meetings with Granada CF. The Basques also won the first leg 2-0 against the Andalusians and are also five positions higher in the current La Liga table with twelve points more on their account.
However, the internationally strong Nazaríes should not be written off yet. We think they can at least score a home goal against the Basques. Against this background, we see the greatest value in betting on both teams scoring against Real Sociedad.
Prediction & Live Odds for Granada vs. Real Sociedad 14/03/2021
Granada is extremely strong at home, which is why it would be fatal to completely write off the Andalusians. Despite the Basques’ strong defence, we definitely trust the Nazaríes to score at least the home goal. The biggest value, therefore, lies in a bet on that both sides to score.
For goals on both sides, there are betting odds of 2.00 available for Granada against Real Sociedad, as you may see on the live odds below:
Granada – Statistics & current form
Granada CF has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past decade. After first appearing in La Liga between 2011 and 2017, the small club from Andalusia promptly returned to the top flight of Spanish football in the second year after relegation under Diego Martínez.
With vigour, as the former 1959 Copa del Rey finalists promptly finished seventh in the final table after promotion and qualified for the Europa League for the first time.
Europa League debut ahead of quarter-final spot
Admittedly, Granada CF, currently tenth in the table, do not have an excessive amount to do with qualifying for another European competition this season.
The success story under Diego Martínez continues in the Europa League itself these days.
After a mixed group stage, the Nazaríes knocked big SSC Napoli out of the tournament despite being underdogs, before they now also have the best chance of reaching the quarter-finals against Hoffenheim beaters Molde FK after winning the first leg 2-0.
Only one win in the last eight league games
However, these glittering performances in Europe cannot hide the fact that things have not been going too well at home lately. The Andalusians won their last home game in La Liga 2-1 against Elche CF. However, it was the only three points in the last eight league games.
The odds on a home win for Granada against Real Sociedad are correspondingly bad, although the Nazaríes have a good record at home in the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Fifth in the home table, the Nazaríes have won seven of their 13 league home games, taking 24 points from a possible 39 at home.
Predicted Granada line-up:
Silva – Quini – Sánchez – Duarte – Foulquier – Montoro – Herrera – Puertas – Quina – Vico – Molina
Real Sociedad – Statistics & Current Form
San Sebastian-based Real Sociedad de Fútbol also returned to Europe last summer after two seasons without international football, finishing sixth in the final table.
In the group stage of the Europa League, however, the Basques only just managed to finish second with two victories, before they lost out to heavyweights Manchester United in the intermediate round. The Txuri-Urdin (the White-Blue) can therefore concentrate fully on their domestic tasks.
13 out of a possible 15 points from the last five league games
Erreala are doing extremely well in La Liga. The club, which for a long time only signed players with Basque roots, has been unbeaten for seven league games and recently picked up 13 of a possible 15 points from the last five games.
Imanol Alguacil’s men are currently in fifth place in La Liga and can even hope to catch Sevilla FC, who have been a little off the pace lately, in fourth place. This is the closest the Basques have been to qualifying for the Champions League in seven years.
The third best defence in La Liga
It would be all the more important for the recent record against the Nazaríes to continue. The Basques have won six of the last seven encounters with the Andalusians, and they come to the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes as favourites because the defence in particular has been so solid in the 2020/21 season. The 21 goals conceded from 26 games attest to Erreala having the third-best defence in La Liga.
Predicted Real Sociedad line-up:
Remiro – Munoz – Le Normand – Zubeldia – Gorosabel – Merino – Zubimendi – Silva – Oyarzabal – Januzaj – Isak
