La Liga preview: Can Valencia edge out victory against Las Palmas?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

With the tense opening match out of the way it’s time for the second La Liga clash of the season. Valencia are eager to welcome Las Palmas in front of their stadium regulars.

It's quite the trip for Las Palmas when visiting Valencia as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

Valencia 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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Valencia form and stats

Last season, Valencia's league statistics were 11 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses, providing 15th position in the La Liga. During these 38 matches they scored {42 goals} and gave away 45. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Valencia managed 8-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 19 conceded.

Happy days for Valencia in their previous game, a fixture away at Sevilla (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Manager Vegas felt very clever after Guerra scored the winning goal against Sevilla, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 61st minute. Midfielder Diakhaby was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Diakhaby scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that, Valencia played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Real Betis.

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Las Palmas form and stats

Let's have a look at how Las Palmas performed last season in the La Liga 2: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 18 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {29 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 9 and lost 3 with 25/16 goals scored/conceded.

Las Palmas's last game was the home draw against Mallorca (1-1). Viera got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Viera scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Deportivo Alaves in the La Liga 2.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaM. Diakhaby
M. Diakhaby
1 goals
Las PalmasJ. Viera Ramos
J. Viera Ramos
1 goals

Valencia missing players

Las Palmas missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valencia Las Palmas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Valencia Last season Las Palmas
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 42
11 8   Won W   9 18
9 5   Drew D   9 18
18 6   Lost L   3 6
42 27   Scored S   25 49
45 19   Conceded C   16 29
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 79%
66% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   48% 55%
45% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 29%
13% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 14%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 7%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   43% 40%
18% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   52% 52%
32% 21%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
5.9 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.9
4.6 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.1
2.4 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.5
8 3   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 14.1
4 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.3
27% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 27%
 
10.6 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 9.2
4.2 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.3

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Rayo Vallecano 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Valencia 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Girona 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Athletic Club 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Almeria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atletico Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cadiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almeria 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Granada 42 22 9 11 55 30 21 17 4 0 39 6 21 5 5 11 16 24 25 75
2 Las Palmas 42 18 18 6 49 29 21 9 9 3 24 13 21 9 9 3 25 16 20 72
3 Levante 42 18 18 6 46 30 21 11 7 3 25 11 21 7 11 3 21 19 16 72
4 Deportivo Alaves 42 19 14 9 47 33 21 13 7 1 28 11 21 6 7 8 19 22 14 71
5 Eibar 42 19 14 9 45 36 21 11 8 2 24 13 21 8 6 7 21 23 9 71
6 Albacete 42 17 16 9 58 47 21 10 7 4 30 19 21 7 9 5 28 28 11 67
7 FC Andorra 42 16 11 15 47 37 21 11 3 7 27 15 21 5 8 8 20 22 10 59
8 Real Oviedo 42 16 11 15 34 35 21 10 5 6 18 15 21 6 6 9 16 20 -1 59
9 FC Cartagena 42 16 10 16 47 49 21 9 4 8 22 25 21 7 6 8 25 24 -2 58
10 Tenerife 42 14 15 13 42 37 21 12 6 3 28 12 21 2 9 10 14 25 5 57
11 Racing Santander 42 14 12 16 39 40 21 9 6 6 22 16 21 5 6 10 17 24 -1 54
12 Burgos 42 13 15 14 33 35 21 8 8 5 22 19 21 5 7 9 11 16 -2 54
13 Real Zaragoza 42 12 17 13 40 39 21 8 10 3 25 16 21 4 7 10 15 23 1 53
14 Leganes 42 14 11 17 37 42 21 10 6 5 23 19 21 4 5 12 14 23 -5 53
15 Huesca 42 11 19 12 36 36 21 9 9 3 23 13 21 2 10 9 13 23 0 52
16 Mirandes 42 13 13 16 48 54 21 9 7 5 32 28 21 4 6 11 16 26 -6 52
17 Sporting Gijon 42 11 17 14 43 48 21 8 9 4 28 22 21 3 8 10 15 26 -5 50
18 Villarreal II 42 13 11 18 49 55 21 9 6 6 32 24 21 4 5 12 17 31 -6 50
19 Malaga 42 10 14 18 37 44 21 7 9 5 20 17 21 3 5 13 17 27 -7 44
20 Ponferradina 42 9 17 16 40 53 21 6 7 8 18 24 21 3 10 8 22 29 -13 44
21 UD Ibiza 42 7 13 22 33 66 21 5 7 9 21 31 21 2 6 13 12 35 -33 34
22 Lugo 42 6 13 23 27 57 21 3 10 8 13 19 21 3 3 15 14 38 -30 31

Valencia:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Rayo Vallecano 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Valencia 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Las Palmas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Mallorca 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Girona 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Athletic Club 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Almeria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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