Las Palmas vs Atl. Madrid prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2023-11-02 20:00.
Las Palmas continued their magnificent La Liga (LL) return with a third 2-1 win in four games, demonstrating great resilience by taking the lead twice against AlmerĂa not long after victories against Villarreal and Celta Vigo. Three of the Canary Islandersâ four wins were as pre-match outsiders (D1, L4), and whilst that serves their chances of survival very well going forward, facing AtlĂ©tico Madrid should be a step up.
Manager GarcĂa Pimienta anticipates that there will be periods of both good and bad results throughout the remainder of the campaign, but ought to be encouraged by his defensive unit conceding 2+ goals in a game just once (L 2-0 to Real Madrid) this LL season. He has asked for the players âto competeâ above all else, and they certainly have done so, conceding just five goals from the five LL games against teams currently ranked higher (D1, L4).
This could therefore be a tighter affair than their 11-point deficit to third-placed AtlĂ©tico may otherwise suggest. Diego Simeoneâs side kept within striking distance of the top of the table with a sixth consecutive league win – this time at home to AlavĂ©s (2-1) – but it hasnât always been as easy as their goal difference of +16 indicates, with the Spanish giants having to overcome equalisers by Granada and Real Sociedad, as well as a two-goal deficit against CĂĄdiz, to take the spoils in all three contests.
Their two slip-ups this LL campaign have been away from home (W3, D1, L1), but AtlĂ©tico put those setbacks behind them long ago and now look difficult to stop despite accumulating only three victories âto nilâ this LL season. On the basis of their current form, they should at least become the second club to put two goals past Las Palmas this term, but whether they can get three or more is harder to predict.
Players to watch: Las Palmas journeyman Munir El Haddadi notched up his first goal of 2023/24 at AlmerĂa, so there might be no better time to score for the first time against AtlĂ©tico in nine attempts! By contrast, Ălvaro Morata will be looking to make it a clean sweep of scoring appearances against newly promoted LL outfits this season, having netted in their triumphs over AlavĂ©s and Granada.
Hot stat: There have been just four first half goals scored across Las Palmasâ 11 matches this LL term.