Las Palmas vs Rayo Vallecano prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-05-08 19:00.
[p]Las Palmas’ La Liga survival bid received a sizeable blow when losing 3-2 to Valencia last week, with that result leaving them inside the relegation zone and three points adrift of safety. Boss Diego MartĂnez admitted that “the slope is getting steeper” for his side, who’ve lost ten times in the league since the turn of the year, but a run-in that features three meetings with sides in the bottom half could yet offer hope.[/p]
[p]They all come after this meeting with eighth-placed Rayo Vallecano, who Las Palmas have beaten in back-to-back H2Hs, including a 3-1 win in November’s reverse fixture. That was one of just ten instances of the Yellows netting first this season, with only already-relegated Valladolid (25) conceding the opening goal more often than Las Palmas (23) this season.[/p]
[p]Rayo Vallecano’s top-six aspirations have fallen away thanks to a run of two wins from 11 matches (D3, L6), but the Red Sashes remain in the hunt for Europe regardless. With just four points separating seventh from 12th in La Liga, room for error is limited for Iñigo Pérez’s men as they look to back up last week’s 1-0 win over Getafe with successive victories for the first time since February.[/p]
[p]Rayo will be grateful for a trip to face lower-ranked opposition given that four of their last five away matches have come against La Liga’s top-four sides (L4), winning the outlier against 17th-placed Alavés. That means they have beaten each of the other three clubs joining Las Palmas in the bottom-four on the road this term, which points to a continuation of a trend that saw the away side on the day win each of the three H2Hs since Las Palmas returned to La Liga in 2023/24. [/p]
[p]Key battle: Oli McBurnie has been in superb goalscoring form, finding the net after half-time in three of Las Palmas’ last five games. Florian Lejeune will look to keep him quiet while retaining a goal threat of his own having scored the winner against Getafe, but he’s managed just one clean sheet from seven personal H2Hs (W2, L5). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: A joint-league high 71% of Las Palmas’ games this season saw both teams score.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]