Valencia vs Granada Prediction, 3/5/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 3/4/2022

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Game: Valencia vs Granada

Date: Saturday, March 5, 2022

Location: Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain

TV: ESPN

Odds/Point Spread: Valencia (-109) Granada (+291)

Jorge Molina and Granada (5-10-11, 17th in La Liga) are headed to Mestalla Stadium on Saturday where they'll take on Valencia (8-9-9, 9th in La Liga). The expected starting goalkeepers will be Giorgi Mamardashvili for Valencia and Luis Maximiano for Granada. The odds on this contest have Valencia coming in at -109 and the Nazaríes are at +291. The total has been set at 2.5.

Valencia played Mallorca in their most recent game and walked away with a win by a score of 1-0. In sharing the ball, they ended the game with a 97.7% rate by converting 167 out of their 171 passing targets in their last match. Valencia tried 25 dribbles in this game and were able to convert 11 of the dribbles for a percentage of 44.0%.

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Concerning shot accuracy, Valencia walked away from the pitch at a 50.0% clip by hitting 4 shots on target out of 8 shots. Valencia sports an average of 1.38 g/90 (36 total goals) and have accounted for 23 assists in all competitions for the year.

Carlos Soler is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Valencia. He has totaled 21 assists while tallying 32 yellow card cautions thus far in his career. Soler has had a starting assignment in 145 games during his pro soccer career while he scores 0.19 goals per 90 minutes. The midfielder representing Spain has accumulated 27 goals in 12,869 professional minutes played.

One more player who should impact this match is Maxi Gomez, the forward born in Uruguay. He has assisted on a goal 13 times in his career and he has scored 78 goals. Gomez has been on the pitch for 16,176 minutes in 183 starts and has been given 44 yellow cards. He currently averages 0.43 goals per 90 minutes during his career.

The man who will protect the net for Valencia is Giorgi Mamardashvili. Mamardashvili has seen the field for 900 mins and has 28 saves in his pro soccer career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.3 (13 total goals given up) and he has earned a save % of 70.0%. The goalie from Georgia has seen 40 shots attempted at him in 10 career starts. Mamardashvili (4-2-4 mark during his career) has earned 4 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 40.0% clean sheet percentage.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Granada finished locked up with a final of 0-0 against Cadiz. Granada had a 40.0% successful dribble rate by completing 6 out of the 15 dribbles they pursued. They finished this game by connecting on 266 of the 318 attempted passes for a rate of 83.6%. Granada connected on 2 shots attempted out of the team's 6 shots attempted giving them a 33.3% clip in their last game. With 27 goals and 16 assists in all their matches, Granada has an average of 1.04 goals and 0.62 assists per 90 min.

Jorge Molina should provide solid play for Granada. He is averaging 0.48 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 322 games during his soccer career. The forward from Spain has accumulated 29,369 mins while he has scored 158 goals. He has totaled 54 yellow card warnings during his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 40 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Darwin Machis, the forward representing Venezuela. Machis has been given 32 yellow cards in 14,190 professional minutes played (154 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average during his career is 0.29. He has earned 45 goals in his pro soccer career while assisting on a goal 28 different times.

Luis Maximiano will look after the net for Granada. During his career, Maximiano has allowed 55 goals and has totaled 136 saves in 47 starts. He has surrendered 1.18 goals per 90 minutes while earning a record of 19-12-16. He is the owner of a save % of 73.1 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 31.9%. Maximiano has totaled 15 clean sheets while seeing 186 shots against him in 4,191 mins in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Granada (+291) and under the total goals

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