Betting preview: Almería vs Las Palmas should be interesting

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo

La Liga: Almería are 8 points behind Las Palmas, but are driven to go all in. Game on!

Insights:
  • Almería have the most conceded goals (29) in La Liga
  • Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals (6) in La Liga

It's quite the trip for Las Palmas when visiting Almería as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.

Almería and Las Palmas should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Almería form and stats

Almería, who have the most conceded goals (29) in La Liga, have played 5 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Almería.

The regulars are hoping that Almería will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-5 away loss in the match against Girona (placed 2nd). Did Almería get overconfident in their match against Girona? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-5 defeat. The gifted forward Baptistão bettered all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Baptistão scored two goals.

Prior to that, an away loss at Athletic Club.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Almería have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both teams.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Almería as they are travelling to their away game against Talavera CF in the Copa Del Rey. That match is three days after this one.

Almería have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Almería having conceded 13 goals here at Anexo Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo so far.

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Las Palmas form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Las Palmas, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in La Liga, playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Las Palmas in their previous game as they lost hosting Rayo Vallecano, 0-1. Las Palmas were so close to getting something from the game against Rayo Vallecano, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Midfield player Pejiño was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Pejiño hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Villarreal at their stadium, the result 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Palmas playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Las Palmas wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's last 10 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

Las Palmas have another game away in just three nights, a Copa Del Rey match vs Manacor. A demanding diary for the visitors!

Goals are few and far between in Las Palmas's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels. Las Palmas have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Almería victories, five draws and two Las Palmas wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaL. Suárez Charris
L. Suárez Charris
4 goals
AlmeríaS. Arribas Calvo
S. Arribas Calvo
4 goals
AlmeríaL. Carrilho Baptistão
L. Carrilho Baptistão
2 goals

Almería missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Almería Las Palmas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
7 3 1 Lost L 0 4 5
13 8 2 Scored S 2 2 6
29 13 4 Conceded C 1 6 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 40%
80% 80% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 20%
60% 80% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
80% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 80% 60%
 
4.7 5.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.2 4.4
5.8 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 6
2.1 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.4 17.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11 10.9
5 6.8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 3.6
26% 24% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 13% 17%
 
15.6 15 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 15.2 12.1
6.3 6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6.4 4.3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • All of Almería's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Almería have scored more than double the goals of Las Palmas.
  • Almería have the most conceded goals (13) at home in La Liga
  • Almería have the most conceded goals (29) in La Liga
  • Almería have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in La Liga
  • Almería have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in La Liga
  • Almería have the most matches over the total-line (8) in La Liga
  • Almería have the the worst goal difference (-16) in La Liga
  • Almería have yet to win a game.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Las Palmas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Las Palmas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in La Liga
  • Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals (6) in La Liga
  • Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in La Liga
  • Las Palmas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Las Palmas haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 10 8 1 1 21 7 4 4 0 0 10 2 6 4 1 1 11 5 14 25
2 Girona 10 8 1 1 24 13 5 4 0 1 14 8 5 4 1 0 10 5 11 25
3 FC Barcelona 10 7 3 0 22 10 5 5 0 0 12 2 5 2 3 0 10 8 12 24
4 Atletico Madrid 9 7 1 1 23 8 4 4 0 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 12 3 15 22
5 Real Sociedad 10 5 3 2 18 12 6 4 2 0 15 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 18
6 Athletic Club 10 5 2 3 16 10 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 2 1 2 4 4 6 17
7 Rayo Vallecano 10 4 4 2 12 13 4 1 2 1 5 10 6 3 2 1 7 3 -1 16
8 Real Betis 10 3 5 2 12 14 4 2 2 0 5 1 6 1 3 2 7 13 -2 14
9 Osasuna 10 4 1 5 11 14 5 1 1 3 3 6 5 3 0 2 8 8 -3 13
10 Valencia 9 3 2 4 10 11 4 2 0 2 5 3 5 1 2 2 5 8 -1 11
11 Getafe 10 2 5 3 13 16 5 2 3 0 5 3 5 0 2 3 8 13 -3 11
12 Las Palmas 10 3 2 5 6 9 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 0 4 2 6 -3 11
13 Sevilla 9 2 3 4 14 13 6 2 2 2 11 8 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 9
14 Villarreal 10 2 3 5 12 16 6 1 1 4 9 12 4 1 2 1 3 4 -4 9
15 Cadiz 9 2 3 4 8 12 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 3 9 -4 9
16 Deportivo Alaves 10 2 3 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 2 6 -6 9
17 Mallorca 10 1 5 4 12 16 4 0 3 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 12 -4 8
18 Celta de Vigo 10 1 3 6 10 18 6 0 2 4 3 10 4 1 1 2 7 8 -8 6
19 Granada 10 1 3 6 15 25 5 1 2 2 8 11 5 0 1 4 7 14 -10 6
20 Almería 10 0 3 7 13 29 5 0 2 3 8 13 5 0 1 4 5 16 -16 3

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.