Las Palmas v Athletic Bilbao

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A 2-0 defeat away from home at Alaves last time out in the Spanish top flight meant that Sunday's upcoming hosts, Las Palmas, headed into the international break on the back of a four-match winless start to the new season, while Athletic Bilbao also tasted defeat in their previous match when they went down 1-0 at home to Atletico Madrid, so both teams will be eager to return to winning ways here.

This may well be easier said than done though for Las Palmas who have now failed to win any of their previous 18 matches in La Liga which includes being handed 11 defeats in the process and also contributed to the hosts' lowly 16th place finish in La Liga last season.

Indeed, you have to go as far back as mid-February to find the last time Las Palmas recorded a league win in the Spanish top flight where they beat Valencia 2-0 but results on home soil at their Estadio de Gran Canaria have also left a lot to be desired from Las Palmas' perspective.

Las Palmas are without a win in nine games on home soil and having slipped to four defeats within this period, the omens do not look good for a home win here this Sunday evening.

Athletic Bilbao have had the misfortune to have played both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in their opening four games of this new La Liga season which both resulted in losses for Ernesto Valverde's side but at least they are out of the way now and the visitors will look forward to this upcoming trip to take on early strugglers, Las Palmas.

Athletic Bilbao have picked up four points from their other two games namely Getafe at home in a 1-1 draw along with a 1-0 home win against Valencia so the visitors occupy an early 13th place in the La Liga standings and although the away side have produced a bit of a mixed bag in terms of results in the domestic top flight in recent times, they have still managed to pick up a few important wins as well.

Victories towards the end of last season against Getafe, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano helped Athletic Bilbao secure a fifth place finish at the end of the season while an earlier 2-0 win away from home at Sunday's upcoming opponents, Las Palmas, will give them confidence that they can get a result at the Estadio de Gran Canaria.

Las Palmas v Athletic Bilbao Verdict

Athletic Bilbao have won the last two meetings on the trot against Las Palmas and the visitors look the more likely to take the spoils in this upcoming encounter as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Athletic Bilbao win @ 2.00

Other side bets worth considering:

Athletic Bilbao win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.33

Correct Score: Athletic Bilbao 2-0 @ 7.00