Valencia vs Las Palmas prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-10-20 19:00.
[p]Two teams in truly wretched form clash in this basement battle when Valencia take on Las Palmas, with the hosts sitting just three points above their visitors who are rooted to the foot of the La Liga table. Both sides will be hoping the international break provided a much needed reset after managing just a single win this league season between them.[/p]
[p]That single success belongs to Valencia who beat Girona 2-0 here at the Estadio de Mestalla in September. Yet that’s the only victory for Los Che in their last 16 top-flight matches (D5, L10), and since then they’ve failed to even score a goal (D1, L2), setting them up to potentially go scoreless in four successive La Liga matches for the first time since January 2008. That would suggest Valencia are up against it here, but having lost just one of their last 13 home league H2Hs (W9, D3), they do at least have a positive omen to cling to. [/p]
[p]That will motivate manager RubĂ©n Baraja to upkeep his record of just one defeat in five managerial meetings with Las Palmas (W2, D2), despite that defeat coming when the two teams last faced each other. Las Palmas’ newly appointed manager Diego MartĂnez wasn’t in charge then, but he’ll be hoping for a similar result as he aims to tip the balance on his perfectly-split personal record against Valencia (W2, D2, L2). [/p]
[p]MartĂnez’s men are set for the history books too, as failure to win his first game in charge here would see Las Palmas equal La Liga’s third-longest winless streak in the competition’s history with 24 (D8, L15). The Yellows best route to avoid that fate isn’t likely to be through resolute defending, as they’re one of two La Liga sides who come into this round without a clean sheet this term.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Pepelu has seen his last eight club goals arrive from the penalty spot, including the winner in this corresponding fixture last season. The return fixture belonged to Las Palmas defender Alex Suárez, who netted the match opener while helping his side keep a clean sheet in a 2-0 victory.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Valencia have won just three of their last 16 La Liga games played on a Monday (D8, L5). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]