Las Palmas – Leganes, Picks and Tips
Ahead of Las Palmas - Leganes, the hosts of Friday night's match have only a mathematical chance of finishing in positions 3-6. We say "only" because the Canary Islands team's play is seriously creaking. Only one win in the last six rounds, recorded just last week away to Valladolid. Would you be curious to know who else is in the Las Palmas squad? None other than Jese, the former Real Madrid player who also played for PSG. He is his team's top scorer with nine goals and six assists.All the teams that came to the Canary Islands in 2022 managed to leave undefeated. Las Palmas have not won at home since early December. Their last home game was a 3-1 defeat to fifth-placed Girona, with Jese scoring the hosts' goal from the spot to open the scoring. Then, also during the first half, Mujica was to be sent off and Las Palmas would concede three goals. The second half also saw Raul Navas red carded straight away. Before Las Palmas - Leganes, the team from Gran Canaria is in 9th place with 44 points - 11 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses. 0 points, 39-39.
Leganes are on a good run, unbeaten in eight rounds, but even so they are in the bottom half of the table. The team that was fighting for promotion last year, losing the play-off to Rayo Vallecano, is now in 13th position with 42 points. But the gap to ninth-placed Las Palmas is just two points. So a win on Monday for Leganes would take them above the Canaries in the standings. The last two rounds have seen two 1-1 results for Leganes. Away to UD Ibiza and at home to Gijon respectively. That's three 1-1 results in the last four matches, but also a win, 2-0, at home to Mirandes. The last time Leganes lost was 23 January 2022. An away trip to Burgos CF, 0-4.In the second leg, despite giving up a lot of possession, Leganes beat Las Palmas 4-1. It was 2-0 at half-time, following an own goal and a Garces spot-kick. Serbian Radjelovic made it 3-0 in the 68th minute and Sabin scored the last goal of the game, 4-1, in the 89th minute. Las Palmas' consolation goal was scored by Viera in the 85th minute. Las Palmas - Leganes used to meet in La Liga in the 2016 - 2017 and 2017 - 2018 seasons respectively. The Gran Canaria team was relegated in the last mentioned season, while Leganes finished first above the line and would survive for one more season. The last Las Palmas - Leganes played in the Canary Islands ended 2-1 for the hosts. The hosts finished the match with two players sent off.
Our recommendation tip for Las Palmas – Leganes: DRAW @ 3.20