Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Deportivo Alavés 10th with 46 points, Granada 20th with 21, 25 apart. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Granada ran at 1 scored and 2.08 conceded, Deportivo Alavés at 0.95 and 1.21.
Granada arrived off five straight defeats.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Granada 7, draws 1, Deportivo Alavés 3, at 3.55 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 73% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 82% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 82%.
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes in Granada, capacity 22,524, hosted the game. Granada led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.