Las Palmas vs Espanyol betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the La Liga match on December 22nd, 2024

Las Palmas and Espanyol will face each other in a La Liga game in Spain on Sunday, December 22nd, 2024, at 17:30h (UTC), check the Las Palmas vs Espanyol betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Las Palmas vs Espanyol will occur

The game will be played in the Estadio de Gran Canaria stadium, in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with a capacity for 31250 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Las Palmas vs Espanyol betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the La Liga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.6 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.64 goals per game of the last championship.

Las Palmas last match

Las Palmas comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Real Sociedad, in a match valid for La Liga, and the match ended 0-0. Coach D. Martínez Penas' team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

This draw (odd 5.00) can be considered a good result, especially considering that the other team was the big favorite.

Certainly not a good performance for Las Palmas, although some players performed above average, such as Sandro Ramírez. The player was decisive to his team in avoiding defeat with his presence on the field and some excellent interventions during the match.

Espanyol last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for La Liga, Espanyol, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Valencia team with a final score of 1-1.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.00 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Las Palmas vs Espanyol h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 26-07-2023. The match was valid for the 2023 season of the Club Friendlies, and it ended with a 1-2 win for Espanyol.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Las Palmas team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Espanyol has been more irregular.

Las Palmas

La Liga leaderboard now

Las Palmas joins the match with 19 points. They rank in 14th place in the La Liga, the team also suffers from a negative balance having won only 5 games, losing 8, and scoring 4 draws.

This means that Leganés team, in 15th place, is close behind in the 18th round with a disadvantage of 1 point.

Las Palmas analysis

At the end of round 17 in La Liga, Las Palmas scored 22 goals and conceded 27 goals.

The average shooting on goal for the Las Palmas team in the league is not the best. There are only 4 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

While Espanyol has only managed to convert 16 of their 1300 attacks into goals, Las Palmas has been much more successful with 1510 attacks and 22 goals.

Best goalscorer from Las Palmas

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Sandro Ramírez. With 6 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Las Palmas team achieving several victories this season.

Espanyol

La Liga leaderboard now

With 15 points won, Espanyol is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 10 losses, plus 3 draws.

With a small disadvantage of 1 point against Deportivo Alavés who occupies position 17, the team starts the 18th round.

Espanyol analysis

After round 17 of La Liga we count 16 goals scored by Espanyol and 29 conceded.

Recent games have demonstrated that Espanyol is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.94 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from Espanyol

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Javi Puado. He has scored 6 times in the current season and has helped Espanyol come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Las Palmas is Sandro Ramírez, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Espanyol is Javi Puado, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 4.15 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Las Palmas has an average of 2.7 yellow cards per game over the 17 rounds, while Espanyol has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.59 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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