Las Palmas vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th January 2024
At Estadio de Gran Canaria, Barcelona and Las Palmas battle it out for three points in a La Liga match where both are in need of points to boost their tally.
Las Palmas are ninth in the rankings with 25 points after 18 matches played, whereas Barcelona rank third in the La Liga on 38 points.
Aiming for a place inside the top 6, Barcelona need to strut their stuff against Las Palmas on Thursday. The latter do not look like a team, who currently possess the qualities to stop the visitors from claiming a win.
Las Palmas scored 11 goals, conceded eight and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Barcelona are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 13 goals, and while Barcelona claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.3 goals per match.
Las Palmas and Barcelona had to make do with a point each in their latest encounter, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 3/1.
Las Palmas vs Barcelona Prediction
Las Palmas Form
In their last three matches, Las Palmas beat Deportivo Alaves 0-1, drew 1-1 with Cadiz, before losing 1-0 against Athletic Bilbao. Las Palmas won four of their last six La Liga matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded four and scored eight goals.
Barcelona Form
Barcelona collected four points in their past three outings, in which they were defeated 3-2 against Royal Antwerp. They followed up, drawing 1-1 with Valencia, before winning 3-2 against Almeria. Barcelona won twice, while also recording four draws, and zero defeats in their last six away matches in the La Liga. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and nine scored.
Las Palmas don't score many goals but, they are equally tough to crack down. This makes for a low scoring match, when Barcelona come visiting on Thursday.
Las Palmas fought their way to one win and four points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target twice in these matches, but also let in five goals. Barcelona scored 12 goals and conceded seven in their last eight games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them four wins and 14 points. Las Palmas are looking at a record of seven wins, four draws and seven defeats in the La Liga this season. Barcelona are looking at 11 wins, five draws and two defeats in the La Liga.
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Las Palmas vs Barcelona Stats
- In 35 of the last 37 Las Palmas matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 17 Las Palmas home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Las Palmas have not lost 13 of the last 15 home matches
- Las Palmas have not lost 9 of the last 11 matches
- In 5 of the last 6 Las Palmas matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Barcelona have scored in 36 of the last 38 matches
- In 7 of the last 8 matches Barcelona played, both teams scored
- Barcelona have scored in 16 of the last 18 away matches
- Barcelona have not lost 10 of the last 12 away matches
- In the last 3 away matches in a row Barcelona played, both teams scored
Las Palmas vs Barcelona Squads
Las Palmas Squad
Garcia Pimienta will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Barcelona from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):
Aaron Escandell (0/0), Alvaro Valles (0/18), Alberto Moleiro (1/8), Alex Suarez (0/14), Daley Sinkgraven (0/5), Eric Curbelo (0/1), Julian Araujo (1/16), Mika Marmol (0/16), Saul Coco (1/15), Sergi Cardona (0/17), Alvaro Lemos (0/3), Benito (1/8), Enzo Loiodice (0/18), Fabio Gonzalez (0/0), Javier Munoz (0/18), Jonathan Viera (2/9), Kirian Rodriguez (3/17), Maximo Perrone (0/15), Omenuke Mfulu (0/5), Pejino (1/9), Cristian Herrera (1/6), Marc Cardona (2/10), Marvin Park (0/14), Munir El Haddadi (1/18), Sandro Ramirez (0/7), Sory Kaba (1/12).
Barcelona Squad
Below is the full team squad of Barcelona. The manager Hernandez will pick his starting XI against Las Palmas from these players:
Inaki Pena (0/5), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/13), Alex Balde (0/16), Andreas Christensen (0/14), Hector Fort (0/0), Inigo Martinez (0/8), Joao Cancelo (2/15), Jules Kounde (1/15), Marcos Alonso (0/4), Ronald Araujo (1/12), Sergi Roberto (3/5), Fermin Lopez (1/12), Ferran Torres (3/17), Frenkie de Jong (1/10), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (2/18), Oriol Romeu (0/14), Pedri (1/8), Joao Felix (3/15), Lamine Yamal (1/18), Raphinha (3/14), Robert Lewandowski (8/16).
Las Palmas vs Barcelona Team News
Las Palmas could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Barcelona.
Las Palmas-players Alberto Moleiro, Fabio Gonzalez, Jonathan Viera and Daley Sinkgraven won't be playing in the upcoming match against Barcelona at Estadio de Gran Canaria due to nursing various injuries.
Barcelona face a list of five absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Thursday against Las Palmas.
Names like Pedri, Inigo Martinez, Marcos Alonso, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Las Palmas.
Las Palmas vs Barcelona Lineups
Las Palmas vs Barcelona H2H
The most recent outing between Las Palmas and Barcelona failed to produce a winner, with the score reading 1-1 after the final whistle. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 3/1. Las Palmas go into their upcoming match against Barcelona with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-3-7 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Las Palmas vs Barcelona Results
Of the last ten encounters between Las Palmas Barcelona over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 3/4 with bookies.
Las Palmas vs Barcelona Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the La Liga, Cristian Herrera will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Barcelona hope Robert Lewandowski can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three La Liga goals in his last six La Liga games.
In their last 10 matches at Estadio de Gran Canaria across all tournaments Las Palmas won four times, drew four and lost two times. Barcelona claimed three wins, four draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Barcelona racked up two win from their last 10 possible away games without conceding a goal.
Over 2.5 goals came up six times in the previous ten encounters between Las Palmas and Barcelona, as Las Palmas scored 0.6 goals on average per game and Barcelona averaging 2.3 goals. Both teams scored in six times of these matches. Las Palmas saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Barcelona, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.