With Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid dropping points, Barcelona only needs to beat visiting Granada at the Camp Nou tonight to overtake Atletico Madrid and top the La Liga standings. Granada is not an unfamiliar foe to Barcelona, who have won 17 of their last 19 meetings in La Liga. In Granada's home field, Barcelona has won all 24 matches, with a win rate of 100%. It is worth mentioning that Granada conceded an average of 3.6 goals in 24 visits to Camp Nou, conceding at least 1 goal.
Messi has scored 14 goals in 13 La Liga duels with Granada, starting in the 29th round of the 2011/12 season, when Barcelona thrashed their opponents 5-3, with Messi contributing a hat-trick. Of those 14 goals, Messi has also scored three hat-tricks and two second-goal feats, while Messi also scored twice in this season's first-round clash. In his last six La Liga games against Granada at the Camp Nou, Messi has contributed 12 goals and three assists, including two hat-tricks in March 2021 and January 2016.
