Following Granada’s relegation battle is growing more desperate by the week, as their 1–3 loss to Celta Vigo at Balaídos added yet another setback to an already grim season. Their latest defeat came as no surprise — for nearly four months, the team has failed to perform at a level even remotely close to La Liga standards. Aside from an own goal gifted by Celta’s defense, there was little to celebrate. Off the field, things are no better. Just last week, a locker room bust-up between starters Barral and Cuenca over a minor disagreement escalated into a physical fight, throwing more fuel on the fire. For fans used to high-stakes drama in BD Cricket Matchs, Granada’s collapse feels all too familiar.

Barral, who threw the first punch, has yet to apologize and was suspended without pay by the club — and then chose to publicize the incident himself. It’s clear that the stress of being winless has sparked internal tensions. On the pitch, the team lacks cohesion, with attacks relying solely on frantic sprints from the forwards. “Everyone knows losing isn’t news anymore,” head coach Alcaraz admitted, “but we still need to find solutions — somehow.” Yet with problems ranging from poor investment to disjointed tactics and squad unrest, it’s a tall order.

Thirteen rounds into the season, Granada remains winless with only five draws to show for it. Their five points leave them five behind 17th-place Deportivo La Coruña, and history isn’t on their side. In the past 10 seasons, no La Liga team had fewer than seven points after 13 games — making Granada the worst of the bunch. Comparisons with past strugglers offer little comfort: the 2006–07 Tarragona team had just five points as well but still finished dead last with 28 points. Even more dire, Sporting Gijón had just two points from 13 matches in the 1997–98 season and ended with a record-low 13 points.

Despite a marginal improvement over the final 25 rounds that year, Gijón couldn’t avoid the drop, as the safety threshold stood above 40 points. Ironically, their top scorer was Dmitri Cheryshev — father of current La Liga talent Denis Cheryshev. Denis, then just five years old, began his football journey at Gijón’s academy, showcasing how legacy and survival often intersect in football history — much like in BD Cricket Matchs where past and future collide under pressure.

So what are Granada’s real chances of survival? Based on their recent “hard-to-kill” identity, a late-season turnaround isn’t impossible. But with 25 games left, they’d need at least 30 points — a monumental task. Should they succeed, they’d break a long-standing record: since the 1997–98 season, only seven teams that sat last after 13 rounds managed to survive. That’s just a 36% survival rate. Sounds hopeful — until you realize each of those teams had at least 8 to 10 points by then. Granada? Just five.

Even more sobering, not all teams with double-digit points survived. Extremadura once had 11 points after 13 rounds, failed to stay up, and eventually folded altogether. As the BD Cricket Matchs audience knows well, numbers tell only part of the story — it’s what teams do with the remaining innings that counts. For Granada, every match now is do-or-die.