La Liga 2020/21: Granada vs Sevilla – tactical analysis

After a bright start to the La Liga campaign, Granada were out to keep on breaking records with a third consecutive home victory at Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes on Saturday lunchtime as they welcomed Sevilla in an Andalusian derby against the only side in the southern region to finish above them last season.

The turning point in the game came on the stroke of half-time as Joan Jordán saw two yellow cards in the space of three minutes of first half injury time, becoming only the second red card shown to Sevilla since the arrival of Julen Lopetegui as coach. Granada pushed for a winner with an additional man, but it was not until Yangel Herrera scored a late header that they got it.

This tactical analysis will provide analysis of the tactics of Diego Martínez and Lopetegui in this intriguing battle. The analysis will look into how Granada and Sevilla adapted to the sending off and how Martínezs side reacted better to secure the victory.

Line-ups

Granada made three changes to the side, with Roberto Soldado replacing Jorge Molina in attack, Domingos Duarte resuming his spot in the centre of defence at the expense of Jesús Vallejo, and Ángel Montoro coming into the side. Montoro replaced Herrera, the eventual matchwinner as a substitute, who only returned from international duty with Venezuela on Thursday.

Sevilla also made changes, with one eye on their Champions League tie in midweek against Chelsea. Marcos Acuña, Lucas Ocampos, and Luuk de Jong were all left on the bench, replaced by Sergio Escudero, Munir El Haddadi, and Carlos Fernández, in his first start of the season. Jules Koundé was also absent after testing positive for COVID-19, replaced by Sergi Gómez ahead of summer signing Karim Rekik.

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