Previews
SUN 25.09.2016
Team News:
- D. Alaves: Zouhair Feddal (injured)
- Granada CF: Dimitri Foulquier, Matthieu Saunier and David Lomban (all injured)
Match Facts: Alaves (13th, 6 pts):
- The promoted team will be looking not only to secure their first home victory of the campaign, but in the process to put paid to a winless run against their opponents this matchday: two of the last three league meetings between the sides ended in draws, while the other one went Granada's way. All of those fixtures came in LaLiga 1|2|3, as the clubs have never faced one another before in the top flight.
- "I'm expecting a very tasty affair in which we'll be raring to get the win for our fans." This was Mauricio Pellegrino's battle cry ahead of the game.
Granada (19th, 2 pts):
- "Alaves are a team who defend well and in numbers, but we have what it takes to cause them problems," said Paco Jemez in the build-up. The Granada coach also made a point of praising his players' attitude: "The lads are working harder and better every day."
- The Andalusians are hoping both to kick-start their season and to end their recent away-day blues. They have only won one of their last seven competitive encounters on their travels (D2 L4), and that was a 4-1 victory over a distracted Sevilla FC side at the Sanchez-Pizjuan in May.
Getting to Mendizorroza:
Address: Paseo de Cervantes, 01007, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Bus: L2 (a and b), L8
Stadium location here
Time: 20:45 CET
Stadium: Mendizorroza
Referee: Gonzalez Gonzalez, Jose Luis
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Hashtag: #AlavésGranada
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