Granada vs Real Madrid Prediction, 5/13/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/10/2021

Game: Granada vs Real Madrid

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021

Location: Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes in Granada, Spain

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Granada (+483) Real Madrid (-182)

Karim Benzema and Real Madrid (22-9-4, 2nd in La Liga) are headed to Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes on Thursday where they'll take on Granada (13-6-15, 10th in La Liga). The expected starting goalies will be Aaron for Granada and Thibaut Courtois for Real Madrid. The odds on this game have Granada priced at +483 and the Meringues are at -182. The total opens at 2.75.

Granada stepped onto the pitch against Cadiz in their last game and ended up losing by a score of 1-0. Granada tried 18 dribbles in this match and completed 10 of those attempts for a rate of 55.6%. When discussing the passing game, they ended up with a 77.5% passes received rate by connecting on 324 out of their 418 passing targets in their last game. Regarding shot accuracy, Granada ended this match at a 30.0% clip by landing 3 SoT out of 10 shots. Granada is averaging 1.24 goals per 90 min (42 goals in total) and have 28 assists in all matches this year.

Darwin Machis is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for Granada. Machis has been a starter in 140 matches during his career and he scores 0.29 goals per 90 minutes. The forward hailing from Venezuela has 42 goals in 13,049 minutes played. He has accounted for 27 assists while earning 31 yellow card cautions during his pro soccer career. Someone else who should impact this game is Jorge Molina, the forward hailing from Spain. Molina has been on the field for 27,760 minutes in 306 starts and has earned himself a total of 52 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 36 times during his soccer career while scoring 149 goals. He currently averages 0.48 goals per 90 minutes thus far in his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Granada is Aaron. Aaron (3-0-3 record in his career) has totaled 1 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 16.7% shutout rate. The keeper hailing from Spain has faced 21 shots tried against him in 6 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.0 (6 goals allowed) and he has earned a save percentage of 76.2%. Aaron has seen the pitch for a total of 540 minutes and has accumulated 16 saves so far in his pro soccer career.

In their last game, Real Madrid took a loss by a score of 2-0 against Chelsea. They finished the contest by connecting on 666 out of their 734 attempted passes for a rate of 90.7%. Real Madrid finished with a 83.3% successful dribble rate by completing 10 out of the 12 dribbles they tried. Real Madrid had 5 shots attempted out of their 7 shots attempted which gave them a 71.4% clip when they last stepped onto the pitch. Having earned a total of 57 goals and 47 assists in all matches, Real Madrid sports an average of 1.63 goals and 1.34 assists per 90 min.

Karim Benzema should provide a lift for Real Madrid. The forward from France has totaled 34,093 professional minutes while he has scored 233 goals. He has accumulated 11 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 102 times. He scores 0.62 goals per 90 mins and has been given a starting assignment in 398 games thus far in his career. Be sure to watch out for Toni Kroos, the midfielder hailing from Germany. Kroos has earned himself 52 yellow card cautions in 29,169 minutes played (333 starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average in his career is 0.13. He has totaled 41 goals in his pro soccer career while helping a teammate on a goal 86 different times.

Thibaut Courtois will be looking after the net for Real Madrid. Courtois has earned 164 shutouts while defending 1,185 shots against him in 33,474 career mins. He sports a save percentage of 72.9 and his shutout rate is currently at 43.9%. He has surrendered 0.91 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 224-80-67. In his career, Courtois has allowed 338 goals while tallying 863 stops in 374 starts.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Real Madrid (-182)

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