Athletic Bilbao's Mikel Balenziaga competes for the ball against Real Madrid's Luka Modric. (Photo : Getty Images)
Bottom three squad Granada CF (1-6-4, 7 points) is set to square off with streaking team Athletic Bilbao (5-4-2, 17 points), who had been undefeated in their last six outings, at the Estadio Los Carmenes on November 22nd, Sunday for a 2015-2016 La Liga meeting.
Granada continues to disappoint in the current season as they had been winless in their past six games, drawing four and losing two, to drop to second to the last place in the overall standings.
After four straight drawn matches, the Nazaríes dropped a close 1-3 decision against Rayo Vallecano at the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas on November 7th, as per Sports Mole.
José Ramón Sandoval's boys allowed Los Vallecanos striker Javi Guerra to pull off a brace in the first 10 minutes of action to quickly plunge into a 0-2 hole. Rayo's Portuguese defender Zé Castro was sent off at the 19th minute, but still Granda was not able to benefit from the one-man advantage.
El Graná defender Jean-Sylvain Babin was able to find the back of the net at the 53rd minute to put his team on the board.
Meanwhile, the Athletic Club continues its slow ascent to the standings with a 2-1 win over Espanyol at the San Mamés Stadium on November 8th for their third straight win, as reported by Daily Mail Online.
Striker Iñaki Williams and midfielder Raúl García provided the goals for Ernesto Valverde's side to go up to the eighth spot in the league table.
Los Leones is predicted to extend their winning run to four in this match against Granada on Sunday.
The prediction is Athletic Bilbao over Granada, 2-0.
Granada starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Andres; Lopes, Babin, Lomban, Biraghi; Perez, Krhin; Piti, Ustaritz, Ibanez; El Arabi
Athletic Bilbao starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Iraizoz; de Marcos, Gurpegui, Etxeita, Balenziaga; Benat, San Jose; Williams, Garcia, Zuloaga; Aduriz
