Granada CF: How they survived the relegation battle

Granada CF: How they survived the relegation battle

Granada CF survived the relegation battle this season as they avoided going to the Segunda division this season. A good head-to-head record is what saved them from relegation. Deportivo La Coruna, Granada, Eibar were all tied at 35 points in the league but Deportivo earned 7 points in head to head matches as compared to Granada’s 6 and Eibar’s 2. Deportivo, Granada and Eibar were at the 16, 17 and 18 in the league table at the end of the season. 

Having started the season in a fashionable manner,Granada slipped up and found themselves in the relegation zone for quite some time, but Granada's incredible turnaround under Jose Ramon Sandoval helped them stay In the top Flight. Granada has had a better home record than an away record. The Spanish side has managed to win 4 and draw 10 matches at home as compared to 3 victories and 4 draws away from home.

At the end of the season however, Granada had won 3 of their last 6 games, losing 2 games, their last match against Atletico ended in a 0 – 0 draw. During these games, they scored 8 goals and conceded 7. Granada have suffered this season because of their poor away form.

Here is a statistical analysis of their season: -

Granada drew 10 games at home, won 4 and lost just 5 games this season. They managed to score 13 goals in home games and had not managed to find the back of the net in 8 of those home games.

Granada drew 4 games away from home, won 3 and have 12 of those games. They managed to score 16 goals away from home and didn’t find the back of the net in 7 of their away games.

Their defensive performance at home is the 6^th best in the league, a key factor which helped them avoid relegation this season.

They have conceded 17 goals at home and 47 goals away from home this season.

Granada got 8 of their 11 clean sheets at home.

Youssef El Arabi is their top scorer. He scored 8 goals in 28 games this season.

Robert Ibanez comes next with 5 goals in 17 appearances.

Piti has provided 3 assists, the highest for Granada this season.

Fran Rico has managed to get 13 yellow cards in his 31 league appearances this season.

Fran Rico has committed 53 fouls, maximum number of fouls this season for Granada.

Whereas Piti as suffered the maximum numbers of fouls this season, 57 in 33 games.

The Spanish side has converted 6 of 6 penalties this season. The club has score 29 goals this season of which 6 came off headers, 23 were kicked goals, 2 were own goals and 6 penalties.

Unfortunately for Granada their opponents have scored 35 goals more i.e. in all league matches Granada conceded 64 goals this season.

Granada has managed to keep 11 clean sheets this season whereas their opponent kept 15.

Granada’s Keepers have however made almost equal saves than their opponents. 99 saves for Granada : 101 of their opponents.

Granada have taken little over 30 shots lesser than their opponents this season but their opponents have scored more than twice as many goals than them.

Granada have conceded 58 more fouls than their opponents in all their matches.

Granada have been caught offside 23 times lesser than their opponents in all their matches.