Real Madrid vs Las Palmas prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2023-09-26 17:00.
“Our problem was more in defence than attack,” Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said following Sunday’s 3-1 La Liga (LL) defeat to fierce rivals Atlético Madrid. Describing his team as “fragile” in their own penalty area after suffering their first defeat of the season (W6), the experienced Italian watched them fall behind inside the opening 15 minutes for the third time in as many league games (W2, L1).
The defeat was made all the more galling as they conceded top spot after matchday six to Barcelona, so a midweek return to the Bernabéu to take on Las Palmas gives Los Blancos a quick chance to respond. Getting back to winning ways will be expected, especially as they’ve never lost a home H2H (W29, D5), scoring at least three times in all five home H2Hs this millennium (W4, D1).
The visitors face a very tall order then, but they’ll be in good spirits after beating Granada 1-0 thanks to an injury-time strike after playing more than 30 minutes with ten men. “In this case we have played better with ten than with eleven,” manager Garcia PimĂenta said after overseeing their first win since returning to the top flight (D2, L3).
Now the former Barcelona player heads to the Bernabéu hoping to make history as he takes on Madrid and Ancelotti for the first time as a player or manager. That’ll be a tough ask as Los Amarillos remain on a run of 20 LL away games without a win (D5, L15) but at least they’ve kept things tight and competed, conceding exactly once in each of the last six of those games – five of which were lost 1-0 (D1)!
Players to watch: Toni Kroos, who was booked in the last H2H here in November 2017, has completed Madrid’s scoring in each of his last three goalscoring appearances. Sandro RamĂrez, a former Barcelona youth product, would love to break his duck for the season here – five of his seven league goals last term arrived after the 50th minute.
Hot streak: Madrid have averaged 3.63 goals per game across their last eight home LL fixtures against promoted sides (W7, D1).