Kickoff: 21:00 CET / 20:00 GMT / 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT
Venue: Mendizorrotza
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
Lineups:
Alaves: Antonio Sivera - Javi Lopez, Rafa Marin, Abdel Abqar, Andoni Gorosabel - Ander Guevara, Antonio Blanco - Luis Rioja, Jon Guridi, Abde Rebbach - Samu Omorodion
Subs: Jesus Owono, Adrian Rodriguez, Ruben Duarte, Alex Sola, Nahuel Tenaglia, Nikola Maras, Victor Parada Gonzalez, Ianis Hagi, Carlos Benavidez, Jon Karrikaburu, Kike Garcia, Xeber Alkain
Granada: Andre Ferreira - Carlos Neva, Raul Torrente, Ignasi Miquel, Wilson Manafa - Oscar Melendo, Gerard Gumbau, Gonzalo Villar - Alvaro Fernandez, Lucas Boye, Myrto Uzuni
Subs: Raul Fernandez, Adrian Lopez, Ricard Sanchez, Victor Diaz, Adria Miquel Bosch, Njegos Petrovic, Sergio Ruiz, Jose Callejon, Antonio Puertas, Shon Weissman, Famara Diedhiou
Match Events:
9’ - Yellow card for Guevara
11’ - Guridi lays the ball off the Javi Lopez who centers to Samu. Samu can’t get a foot on it, but the ball bounces off Raul Torrente and over Andre Ferreira. Alaves 1, Granada 0 – link
16’ - Yellow card for Gonzalo Villar
38’ - Javi Lopez dribbles to the inside then lays the ball off to Abde on the left wing. Abde has all day and half the night and shoots the ball into the bottom right corner. Alaves 2, Granada 0 – link
45+3’ - End of half
50’ - Luis Rioja with a good effort from long range
55’ - Luis Rioja crosses to Samu inside the 6 yard box, and Samu’s header takes a deflection off Andre Ferreira - but the ball still goes into the net. Alaves 3, Granada 0 – link
59’ - Yellow card for Lucas Boye
62’ - Substitution for Granada: Sergio Ruiz, Antonio Puertas and Diedhiou on for Gonzalo Villar, Carreras and Lucas Boye respectively
68’ - Substitution for Alaves: Benavidez and Alex Sola on for Guevara and Abde respectively
74’ - Substitution for Alaves: Kike Garcia and Ianis Hagi on for Samu and Luis Rioja respectively
79’ - Substitution for Granada: Weissman and Ricard Sanchez on for Melendo and Manafa respectively
85’ - Diedhiou dribbles his way into the box and passes to Weissman. Sivera saves Weissman’s shot, but Diedhiou’s right foot was hit by an Alaves defender, hence Granada receive a penalty. Myrto Uzuni shoots into the top left corner to get one goal back. Alaves 3, Granada 1 – link
90’ - Substitution for Alaves: Tenaglia on for Luis Rioja
90+4’ - Puertas with a great shot from near the penalty spot, but can’t beat Sivera
90+6’ - End of game. Alaves 3, Granada 1.
Match Stats - via Livescore.com
| Alaves | Granada :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 0.79 | 1.27 xA | 0.40 | 0.54 Possession | 43% | 57% Shots on target | 5 | 4 Shots off target | 2 | 2 Blocked shots | 2 | 6 Corner kicks | 6 | 2 Offsides | 2 | 1 Fouls | 9 | 13 Yellow Cards | 1 | 2 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girona | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 34 |
| Real Madrid | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 32 |
| Barcelona | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 30 |
| Atletico Madrid | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 26 |
| Athletic Club | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 24 |
| Real Sociedad | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 22 |
| Real Betis | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 21 |
| Las Palmas | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 18 |
| Valencia | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 18 |
| Getafe | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 16 |
| Alaves | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| Osasuna | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 14 |
| Villarreal | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 13 |
| Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 12 |
| Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 10 |
| Mallorca | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 9 |
| Celta Vigo | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 7 |
| Granada | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 7 |
| Almeria | 13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 35 | -20 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Alaves: at Mallorca, 12.03, 14:00 CEST
Granada: at Madrid, 12.02, 18:30 CEST
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