Granada winger Isaac Cuenca. (Photo : Getty Images)
Cellar-dwelling club Granada CF (0-6-2, 2 points) will try to earn their first win in the 2016-2017 La Liga season as they clash with fellow bottom three team Sporting de Gijon (2-5-1, 7 points) on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Los Cármenes Stadium.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Granada is one of only two teams that are still winless after eight rounds in the ongoing Spanish top flight season, with the other one being newly-promoted side Osasuna. Osasuna is only a point above Granada.
El Grana is coming off an embarrassing 1-7 demolition in the hands of current league leaders Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon Stadium last Saturday to succumb to their fourth consecutive defeat, as per BBC Sport.
It was actually head coach Lucas Alcaraz's men who began the scoring in the 18th minute when former Barcelona winger Isaac Cuenca buried a right-footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner off an assist from right back Tito. It gave Granada the early, but they were not prepared for what was about to come.
An avalanche of seven goals from Los Colchoneros ensued with a hat trick from Belgian midfielder Yannick Carrasco in the 34th, 45th, and 61st, a brace from Argentine midfielder Nicolas Gaitan in the 63rd and 81st, and one goal apiece from Argentine forward Angel Correa and Portuguese midfielder Tiago Mendes in the 85th and 87th minutes respectively to obliterate Granada's lead.
Meanwhile, Sporting Gijon is even worse as the team is currently on a five-game losing slide with their last game ending in a sorry 1-2 loss to rising squad Valencia at their own home field of El Molinon Stadium on Sunday, The Guardian reported.
Spanish midfielder Mario Suárez scored the first goal in the seventh minute before Sporting was able to level the count in the 41st with a close-range header from Spanish striker Carlos Castro.
Suárez then broke the deadlock five minutes after the hour-mark of the contest. Both sides then went goalless after that as the visitors earned the win.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 1-0 win for Granada.
Granada starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Ochoa; Tito, Vezo, Lomban, Silva; Ustaritz, Angban; Cuenca, Bueno, Pereira; Ponce
Sporting Gijon starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Cuellar; Lillo, Mere, Amorebieta, Lopez; Rodriguez, Ait Atmane, Picon, Gomez; Garcia, Cop
