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Las Palmas and Athletic Bilbao play at the Estadio de Gran Canaria, in a duel of the 13th round of the Primera Division. In the last 3 years there have been only 2 direct clashes between these two teams: one on 08-05-2016, which ended with a draw for (0-0), and the most recent one on 03-01-2016, which ended with A draw for (2-2). Special attention is required for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Las Palmas
The home team is currently in 10th place with 16 points earned after 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, won at home to Eibar by (1-0). In the last match, lost out to the Betis by (2-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 25 goals scored and 24 conceded, against 8 wins, 5 draws And 2 home defeats, with 27 goals scored and 13 conceded.
In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 6 games in your stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored because he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 12 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 6 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.
The Las Palmas team comes to this game with a defeat at the Real Betis 2-0, putting an end to the two consecutive games without losing. In this game, the trainer Quique Setién is expected to line up in the usual 4-3-3 with Sergio Araujo being the most offensive reference of the home team. Kevin-Prince Boateng is Las Palmas’ top scorer with 4 goals scored. Watching the 6 matches played at home it is possible to verify that the team of the house presents great quality, having won 3 wins and 3 draws. For this game the coach can not count on Dani Castellano and Maurício Lemos, both injured.
Athletic Bilbao
The visiting team is currently in 7th place with 20 points, after 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, tied away to Espanyol by (0-0). In the last match, won at home to Villarreal by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with a total of 16 goals scored and 19 conceded. Already inside the home, it won 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, with a total of 27 goals scored and 17 conceded. The team arrives in this match after a home win with Sassuolo by (3-2). In the league, Athletic Bilbao won 7 points in 18 chances, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 6 games they played as a visitor. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 games in this competition, he managed to get back on the scoring in 2 of 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Athletic Bilbao come to this round with a 3-2 win over Sassuolo in the UEFA Europa League group stage: goals were scored by Aduriz, Raul Garcia and Lekue. In this away game, coach Ernesto Valverde must maintain the usual tactical system, that is, the 4-2-3-1, privileging the possession of the ball and the organized attacks, however, in some moments of the game it must act only in the against -attack. Aritz Aduriz is Bilbao’s top scorer in the league with 5 goals scored. It is important to note that visitors no longer win away from home for three consecutive games. For this game the coach can not count on Aketxe, Williams, Etxeita and De Marcos, all injured.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.95