Rayo Vallecano v Las Palmas

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Rayo Vallecano head into Friday night's encounter against Las Palmas in confident mood having won two of their last three matches in La Liga, while Las Palmas slipped to a 2-0 defeat away from home at Atletico Madrid after picking up recent back-to-back wins in the Spanish top flight.

Rayo Vallecano have picked up recent wins against the likes of Real Valladolid and Alaves respectively and although Friday night's hosts were handed a 1-0 loss away from home at Mallorca in between, this has been Rayo Vallecano's only loss in their previous seven matches overall.

An earlier 3-1 home win against Osasuna along with points picked up in draws with Atletico Madrid, Girona and Leganes respectively have helped lift Iñigo Pérez's side up into the top half of the La Liga table in ninth place.

Another three points on Friday night against La Liga strugglers Las Palmas would see Rayo Vallecano draw level on points with sixth placed Athletic Bilbao before the weekend action and having suffered just three defeats within their last 13 home games at their Estadio de Vallecas, Rayo Vallecano look in reasonable shape to add to their points tally here.

Las Palmas had recently collected back-to-back wins in the domestic top flight with rare victories against Valencia and Girona but otherwise these have been the visitors' only highlights so far in what has been a highly disappointing La Liga campaign to date.

As a result of being able to collect just two wins so far this term, Las Palmas now occupy third from bottom in the La Liga table as the visitors have also been handed seven defeats already so far this season which does not bode well for this upcoming trip to the Estadio de Vallecas to take on Rayo Vallecano.

The bigger picture also shows Las Palmas have had great difficulties in gaining league wins in the domestic top flight for some time now as the visitors have picked up just these two aforementioned wins in their last 26 matches overall, an extremely poor sequence of results that include no fewer than 16 defeats in the process.

In addition, Diego Martinez's side have recorded just one win in their last 14 outings on the road in La Liga whilst also being handed 10 defeats within this poor period of form on their travels.

Rayo Vallecano v Las Palmas Verdict

Rayo Vallecano have enjoyed the better of the previous exchanges between themselves and Las Palmas as the hosts have lost just once in their last 10 meetings against their upcoming opponents and the hosts look like they might get the better of Lass Palmas once again here at the Estadio de Vallecas on Friday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Rayo Vallecano win @ 1.75

Other side bets worth considering:

Rayo Vallecano win & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.60

Correct Score: Rayo Vallecano 2-0 @ 7.50