Granada CF back to square one

Granada CF have drifted back into the same pattern that defined their bad start: too few points, too many defeats, and another anxious finish. (granadahoy.com) Granada Hoy says the team opened the 2025-26 Segunda División season with one point from 12, then steadied for months by taking 41 points before April collapsed to three from 15. (granadahoy.com) That April slide has included four defeats in five matches, the same number of losses Granada suffered in that opening four-game stretch. The official club fixture list also shows two recent home and away setbacks: 4-1 at Albacete and 4-2 at home to Almería. (granadahoy.com) (granadacf.es) The standings explain why the mood is uneasy without being desperate. LaLiga’s match page for Real Zaragoza vs. Granada lists Granada on 45 points after 36 games, still above the bottom end but well short of the promotion race. (laliga.com) Granada’s next home date against Burgos is set for May 17 at Nuevo Los Cármenes. The club’s official match page lists Burgos fifth on 60 points after 35 games, with Granada 13th on 45. (granadacf.es) That makes Burgos a different kind of opponent from Granada’s recent survival-focused fixtures. Ideal reports Burgos are still in the playoff fight, and the local paper says Granada will reach that game with one day less rest. (ideal.es) (laliga.com) The scheduling gap comes from the calendar around matchdays 39 and 40. LaLiga lists Granada at Córdoba on May 10 and Burgos at home to Almería on the same weekend before both meet on May 17. (laliga.com 1) (laliga.com 2) (granadacf.es) For Granada, the end of the season is no longer about chasing the top six. It is about avoiding one more relapse that turns a campaign of long middling recovery into a finish that looks too much like August. (granadahoy.com)