After a number of free and winning picks, I am going with a paid selection. However, it is definitely in plans to make this a routine attitude - switch to free picks, following a number of consecutive losses.

Villarreal is enjoying great momentum these days and should be seriously considered as one of the main candidates for a 4th place finish and a ticket to the Champions League. Emery is doing a great job in his first season in charge and his team is going into this match with plenty of arguments in their favour. First and foremost, Villarreal is basically injury free. Even striker Paco Alcacer is back in contention following a lay-off, but is likely to start this on the bench as his replacement Nuno is in hot form.

Second argument for Villarreal's win - their commanding form at the Estadio de la Ceramica. They're currently 3rd best home team in the competition, behind Atletico Madrid and...Granada. Villarreal is yet to be beaten on home soil with a strong 5-4-0 record. They had a rough period in December, failing to take maximum points against the likes of Ath. Bilbao or Elche, but since then there's been a significant boost in form and Villarreal is looking a level better than they were towards the end of 2020.

Granada, in turn, is a team, that tends to struggle on the road. In fact, they've lost 4 of their last 5 games away from Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium. The only standout performance came against relegation bound Elche. On all other occasions Granada were beaten fair and square.

Visitors do go into the game on the background of some positive results, but, in fairness, most of them came against modest teams in Copa del Rey (Malaga and Leonesa, whom they actually failed to overcome in regular time). Granada did defeat Osasuna 2-0 in the previous La Liga round, however, the game was generally level and in many aspects Osasuna prevailed and looked as the better team. In other words, I would rather suggest drawing attention to how unpopular Granada is on the market this season (odds always tend to go against them on pre-market) and the 0-4 battering they had against Barcelona just a few weeks ago. Hand to heart, we are all aware Barcelona is hardly a force these days and getting washed away this hard by Koeman takes something special.

There are no critical team news for visitors either.

I feel Villarreal is well capable of maintaining their current form for a few more weeks and stretching their positive home record further against a defensively shaky Granada, who tend to struggle systematically on the road.

如今，比利亚雷亚尔（Villarreal）势头强劲，应被视为前四名，获得冠军联赛资格的主要候选人之一。埃默里（Emery）在他的第一个赛季中表现出色，他的球队也将在这场比赛中获得很多支持。首先，比利亚雷亚尔基本上没有受伤。前锋帕科·阿尔卡塞（Paco Alcacer）也重新回到了训练，但由于他的替补努诺（Nuno）热火朝天，他很可能暂时坐在替补席上。

比利亚雷亚尔获胜的第二个论点-他们在主场的比赛方式。他们目前是主场成绩第三好的=球队，仅次于马德里竞技和格拉纳达。比利亚雷亚尔的主场成绩为5胜4平，很难被击败。他们有在12月的艰难时期，未能获得足够的积分。在毕尔巴鄂（Bilbao）或埃尔切（Elche）等球队身上丢分，但自那时以来，球队的状态有了显着的提升，比利亚雷亚尔（Verrarreal）的实力看起来要比2020年底更好。

格拉纳达是一支客场表现极其挣扎的球队。实际上，他们已经在最近5个客场比赛中输掉了4场。唯一出色的表现来自保级球队埃尔切。在其他所有情况下，格拉纳达都被正常的输掉了比赛。

客队确实在取得一些积极成果的背景下参加了比赛，但公平地说，很多比赛都是国王杯（马拉加和里奥尼萨）的弱队，他们实际上未能在常规时间内击败对手。格拉纳达在上一轮西甲联赛中确实以2-0击败了奥萨苏纳，但是这场比赛总体上是水平的，奥萨苏纳在很多方面都占了上风，并且看起来是一支更好的球队。换句话说，我建议注意格拉纳达的受欢迎程度，如何本赛季的市场（在盘前市场总是很可能与他们对立）以及几周前他们对巴塞罗那的0-4的失利。我们都知道，巴塞罗那如今已不再是统治级的球队。

客队也没有重要的球队新闻。

我觉得比利亚雷亚尔有能力再维持几周的=最近的状态，并在防守端摇摇欲坠的格拉纳达对阵系统性的挣扎的情况下，进一步扩大自己的主场战绩。