At the crack of dawn on April 29th, Beijing time zone, the 33rd round of La Liga resumes with Barcelona facing Granada in their own stadium. If Barcelona can win this match, the standings will be dramatically reversed and they are expected to jump to the top of the table! Looking back at this season, Barcelona have been on fire with a whopping 9 goals in their first two matches against Granada. Among them, Griezmann scored 7 goals, contributing 4 goals and 3 assists, becoming a nightmare for Granada.
Since Griezmann joined Barcelona, he has gradually found his way back to form now, despite the pains he experienced at the beginning of the season. Up to now, Griezmann has made 45 appearances in various tournaments this season, starting 39 times, scoring 18 goals and delivering 11 assists, realizing a double harvest of goals and assists. Not surprisingly, he is on track to break the 20-goal mark. In his previous 29 matches, Griezmann was involved in 29 goals, seven of which came against Granada.
Back to January 10 this year, Barcelona away to Granada, Griezmann helped the team to break the deadlock, and then passed the shot to help the team to a 4-0 victory over the opponent. In this game, Griezmann scored 3 goals and became the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
The second meeting between Barcelona and Granada this season took place on February 2nd. Until the 88th minute of the match, Barcelona was trailing 0-1. However, it was again Griezmann who led the comeback by blowing his team away with a cross and a shot to send the score into extra time.
Griezmann first equalized for his team in the 88th minute, and then in the 91st minute, he assisted Alba to equalize and send the game into extra time. In the 10th minute of the first half of the extra time, Griezmann again helped his team to get back into the game, scoring twice. In the 112th minute, he assisted Alba to seal the win. In this match, Griezmann scored 2 shots and 2 passes, first helping his team to send the score into extra time, and then assisting his team to eliminate the opponent in extra time.
This coming day after tomorrow in the early hours of the morning, Barcelona will once again face Granada at home. If they can beat their opponents successfully, Barcelona is expected to overtake the current leading team in the table. Recently, Griezmann has been in hot form. In the last round of the match against Villarreal, he scored twice to help his team take the crucial three points on the road, and scored a total of three goals in the last two matches. Together with his four goals and three assists against Granada, Griezmann's performance is expected.
Griezmann has become an unapologetic Granada nemesis and we expect him to continue to play well in the early hours of the day after tomorrow.
