Granada vs Atletico Madrid prediction 22.01.2024

• Competition: LaLiga
• Date: 22.01.2024
• Kickoff: 20:00 UTC / 21:00 CET
• Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes (Granada)

Having suffered another defeat in the previous round of LaLiga against Betis, Granada continued to sink in the table of this competition. The ranking is additionally worse and now Granada is in second place from behind with 11 points, 5 less than Sevilla, which is in the safe zone. It seemed that the victory against Cadiz a few weeks ago and a very impressive performance could mean progress and moving in the right direction, but the chances of Granada staying in the league are now far below 50%.

Almost 3 weeks have passed since the last match in LaLiga and the defeat in a phenomenal match against Girona 4-3. Since then, Atletico Madrid has played 3 matches in cup competitions. First, they defeated Lugo 3-1 in the Copa Del Rey without too many problems, then they lost in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid after extra time 5-3, and 7 days later they got revenge on their biggest rival for this defeat, beating them in 1/ 8 Copa Del Rey finals in the same way, after extra time 4-2.

Granada vs Atletico Madrid pick: ATLETICO MADRID TO WIN

The home team will have no choice but to oppose the rival with a defensive formation. To some extent, they succeeded because in the previous match they beat their rivals at this stadium 2-1, however, in general, Atletico Madrid is much more successful in direct duels. They won 7 times in the previous 10 matches against this rival. Somewhat worse results in LaLiga in the last couple of months and the loss of the leading place in the Champions League have raised the level of alarm in Madrid, so Diego Simeone will ask his players for maximum engagement here. We expect a classic game performance from Atletico Madrid, a tough, not so atractive game and a minimal victory.