Las Palmas vs Betis prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-05-15 17:30.
[p]Despite spending most of the season comfortably in mid-table, Las Palmas are not yet safe from relegation in La Liga. An 11-match winless run (D2, L9), including the longest active run of losses (8) in Europe’s traditional top-five leagues, means the Yellows enter the round eight points clear of safety, though they need just two more to extend their stay in the top-flight to another year at least.[/p]
[p]García Pimienta’s side lost out 1-0 at Mallorca – the team directly below them in the table – at the weekend, as they failed to score for the seventh time in that miserable losing run. Finding the back of the net has been an issue all season in fact, with Las Palmas scoring just 30 times in La Liga thus far – only three other sides have managed fewer.[/p]
[p]Opponents Real Betis lost all four games in March, but are unbeaten since having won four of their last five (D1), scoring 2+ goals in all of those victories. Heading into this round, Manuel Pellegrini’s side are in the driver’s seat to qualify for the UEFA Europa League (UEL) for a fourth consecutive season, but with Real Sociedad just a point behind them and hot on their tails, they can ill afford any slip-ups.[/p]
[p]Los Verdiblancos will be confident of keeping Las Palmas out on Thursday night however, having kept 12 league clean sheets already this season, including one in the reverse fixture in November (1-0). But given how tight that race for European places is, Betis may be gunning for goals to improve their goal difference, and will be confident of doing so having scored 2+ goals on 14 occasions in La Liga this term.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Álvaro Vallés averages over three saves per game for Las Palmas, and is one of just seven goalkeepers in La Liga to have made over 100 at this stage. Facing him, Ayoze Pérez has four goals in his last four appearances for Betis, with six of his eight strikes this season coming on the road.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Las Palmas and Betis have conceded eight penalties each in La Liga this season – only one side has given away more.[/p]