Granada vs Real Madrid: Preview, predictions and lineups | OneFootball

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·11 May 2024

Granada vs Real Madrid: Preview, predictions and lineups

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After the euphoria of their Champions League semi-final second leg win over Bayern Munich midweek, Real Madrid return to La Liga action against struggling Granada.

Madrid produced another vintage comeback on European football's biggest stage, beating Bayern 2-1 with two late Joselu goals to reach an 18th European Cup/Champions League final. With the Supercopa de Espana and La Liga in the bag already, the capital side are still on course for a treble of trophies this term.


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There is nothing riding on Saturday's match for Madrid, although victory would relegate their Andalusian opponents. Granada are all but demoted already as they sit 11 points off safety with four games to play, but failing to beat the champions at home this weekend would confirm their fate.

Here's 90min's preview of the game.

Granada vs Real Madrid H2H record (Last Five Games)

  1. Last meeting: Real Madrid 2-0 Granada (2 December 2023) - La Liga

Current form (all competitions)

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Granada team news

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Miguel Rubio is suspended / Quality Sport Images/GettyImages

Jose Ramon Sandoval has a number of doubts ahead of the clash with the champions, including the trio of Antonio Puertas, Raul Torrente and Sergio Ruiz.

Centre-back Miguel Rubio is also missing through suspension after picking up a fifth yellow card of the season in the 3-0 defeat to Sevilla last time out.

Granada predicted lineup vs Real Madrid

Granada predicted lineup (4-4-2): Batalla; Mendez, Piatkowski, Miquel, Neva; Pellistri, Gumbau, Hongla, Jozwiak; Boye, Uzuni.

Real Madrid team news

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Surely Joselu has earned a start on Saturday / David Ramos/GettyImages

After an energy-zapping midweek clash with Bayern, Carlo Ancelotti is likely to make sweeping changes across his team with the La Liga title already sewn up.

Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao should get some more minutes under their belt as they continue their integration back into the first team after long-term injuries, while the likes of Arda Guler, Brahim Diaz, Fran Garcia and midweek hero Joselu could be handed starts.

Aurelien Tchouameni has a stress fracture in his foot and is now a doubt for the Champions League final.

Real Madrid predicted lineup (4-3-1-2): Courtois; Vazquez, Rudiger, Militao, Garcia; Camavinga, Kroos, Modric; Guler; Diaz, Joselu.

Granada vs Real Madrid score prediction

The fact that Granada have lost their last 15 matches with Real Madrid suggests that they will struggle to fight off relegation this weekend, even if the visitors make wholesale changes to their starting lineup.

The only hope that the underdogs have is that some of Madrid's stars will still be a little worse for wear after their midweek celebrations, but that's probably clutching at straws.

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