GRANADA. Granada and Atlético Madrid are clashing in the 21st round of the La Liga.

Saúl Ñíguez has scored a goal in the 62nd minute to give a 1-0 lead to Atlético Madrid over Granada.

Match Statistics

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 17 Total 10
  • 2 On Target 5
  • 10 Off Target 4
  • 6 Shots blocked 1
  • 116 Attack 93
  • 60 Dangerous attack 40
  • 72 Ball safe 71
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 8 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Granada was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Atlético Madrid that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Granada was more pushing with dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 0 were on target.

Granada shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Atlético Madrid shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Saúl Ñíguez

Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez

Forwarder, Defender, Midfielder

Spain

Age: 30

184 cm

77 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 34 4 Missed
Minutes 1364 40.1 Avg
Goals 1 0.0 Avg
Assist 5 0.1 Avg
Attempt 11 0.3 Avg
Passes 640 18.877.1% AvgSucc
Yellow 9 0.3 Avg
Red 2 0.1 Avg

This season he played in total 20 times for 870 minutes for La Liga.

Saúl Ñíguez scored 1 goal for Atlético Madrid. He procured 5 assists. He received 2 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 5th in La Liga. In the last match Atlético Madrid drew 4-2 against Real Madrid. The next match in La Liga will be against Sevilla.

The last time the teams played each other, it was a draw 4-2.

Granada performance and stats

Granada

Manager: José Sandoval Huertas
Rank 19th
Win 4
Draw 9
Loss 22
Goals 36-68
Diff -32

Granada is currently 19th in the La Liga with 11 points.

In the last 20 games, it has won twice, drawn 5 times, and lost 13 times. In its last match, Granada lost 1-0 against Real Betis.​​

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 22 goals and conceding 41.​

Atlético Madrid performance and stats

Atlético Madrid

Manager: D. Simeone
Rank 4th
Win 22
Draw 4
Loss 9
Goals 64-39
Diff 25
Rank 1st
Win 4
Draw 2
Loss 0
Goals 17-6
Diff 11

Atlético Madrid is currently 5th in the La Liga with 38 points.

In the last 19 games, it has won 12 times, drawn twice, and lost 5 times. In its last match, Atlético Madrid lost 4-3 against Girona.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 39 goals and conceding 23.​

Commentary

90'
Shot blocked. Matías Arezo - Granada CF - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner - Granada CF. Conceded by Koke.
Shot blocked. José Callejón - Granada CF - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
Shot blocked. Gonzalo Villar - Granada CF - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
Fouled by Lucas Boyé - Granada CF

86'
Fouled by Axel Witsel - Atletico Madrid

74'
New attacking attempt. Matías Arezo - Granada CF - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Gerard Gumbau with a head.

54'
Goal! Granada CF 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Álvaro Morata - Atletico Madrid - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Antoine Griezmann with a cross.

53'
Missed chance. Gonzalo Villar - Granada CF - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left after corner.

38'
Fouled by Gerard Gumbau - Granada CF

30'
New attacking attempt. Rodrigo Riquelme - Atletico Madrid - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Mario Hermoso.

28'
Missed chance. Bryan Zaragoza - Granada CF - shot with right foot from the right side of the box goes high. Assist - Lucas Boyé.

11'
Missed chance. Lucas Boyé - Granada CF - shot with right foot from outside the box missed.