He Pomegranate and the Betis, separated by only two points in the classification, they will face this Sunday at the Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium with the aim of seeking a victory that will allow them to get hooked to the top of the table.
The rojiblancos, who have two more points and one game less than the verdiblancos, face the clash after ending a five-game winless streak in LaLiga Santander last Sunday in Elche (0-1).
The Granada players have returned to the path of good results and optimal sensations with the victory achieved at the Martínez Valero stadium, which now they want to do good with another victory against the Betis to face the next day's visit to Real Madrid with zero pressure.
Granada has recovered its defensive strength in recent games, since it has been able to leave its goal to zero consecutively against Greek PAOK in the Europa League (0-0), in Elche (0-1) and against San Juan in the Copa del Rey (0-2).
The technician Diego MartinezIn addition, he was able to reserve almost his entire starting team from Elche to be fresh this Sunday, since in the victory this Thursday against the Navarrese team in the premiere in the Cup he was able to rest all his most important troops.
The only novelty in the line-up against the Betis compared to the previous league clash will be the return to the center of the rear of Germán Sánchez after serving a penalty game for accumulating yellows.
The winger Carlos Neva will be available, except for surprise, for Sunday's clash after overcoming a muscle spasm, while the Brazilian winger Robert Kenedy is doubtful, who could not finish the Cup match due to physical problems.
The media Ángel Montoro and Fede Vico and the defenders Víctor Díaz, Jesús Vallejo and the Colombian Neyder Lozano are still out due to injury.
The Sevillian team attends Pomegranate stuck in a good inertia, in which he has managed in recent games to cover the bleeding in front of his goal – he is the most thrashed in the category.
After accumulating eleven goals in three days, those of the Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini They won two weeks ago in Pamplona (0-2) without conceding, they did score a goal in the next match at Villamarín, against Villarreal, but they countered it with another (1-1) and last Thursday they won again at home and without conceding (0-2) in the Copa del Rey against UCAM Murcia (Second B).
Now they travel to Granada for three points that consolidate it in the upper-middle zone of the table, which should also be a respite for the current managers of the club, who face a general meeting of the entity next Monday.
In that conclave, a group of shareholders intends to ask for explanations for what they understand as mismanagement in both sports and economics.
In the sports section, Pellegrini once again lost his compatriot Claudio Bravo to the goal, who played in the Cup after three LaLiga matches absent due to injury but ended up with physical ailments in Murcia, so Joel Robles will occupy the goal again .
In defense, the Brazilian Emerson Royal seems fixed on the right side and in the center Marc Bartra, who could be accompanied by the Algerian Aïssa Mandi, starter in Murcia after his loss due to the coronavirus.
On the left side the usual is Álex Moreno, but he is somewhat physically impaired despite the fact that he has entered the call for Granada, and in the Cup his position was occupied with solvency by the young Juan Miranda, who could repeat.
The Mexican Andrés Guardado and the Argentine Guido Rodríguez would be in the center of the field with Joaquín Sánchez on the right, Cristian Tello on the left and the Frenchman Nabil Fekir as a link with the forward.
In that more advanced position, Pellegrini will have to choose between Paraguayan Tonny Sanabria, Loren Morón and Borja Iglesias, whom he has alternated in recent games.