Athletic Bilbao face Granada this Friday

Athletic Bilbao and Granada go head-to-head at the San Mamés (La Catedral) this Friday in the La Liga. Currently, Ernesto Valverde's team are 5th in the table with 57 points, while Alexander Medina's team are 19th with 17 points. The match will be broadcast live at 15:00 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Athletic Bilbao enter the contest on the back of a 1-1 draw against Villarreal (La Liga 2023/24), while Granada overcame Alavés with a 2-0 win (La Liga 2023/24). A look back at the history books shows that Ernesto Valverde's team and Alexander Medina's team have faced each other sixty-three times, with Athletic Bilbao holding the advantage: 31 victories, against 17 victories of Granada. Specifically in the San Mamés (La Catedral), Ernesto Valverde's team has the advantage in the duels against Alexander Medina's team: 25 wins in 31 games. Granada have 3 wins.

In the La Liga, fifty-three games were played between the two teams, with 26 wins for Athletic Bilbao, 13 draws and 14 wins for Granada.

Considering the Liga EA Sports 23/24, from Athletic Bilbao's most influential players, Gorka Guruzeta participated in 30 games, and Unai Simón is the one with more minutes played (2700). Gorka Guruzeta is their current best scorer with 13 goals. As for Granada, Ignasi Miquel is the most used player in a total of 30 games (2631 min). Myrto Uzuni has scored 10 goals, the most across Granada's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 1-1. Athletic Bilbao are given the favouritism to win this match.