Valencia v Las Palmas

Valencia vs Las Palmas Preview

The other fixture being played on Friday night in the Spanish top flight features this encounter between Valencia and newly promoted visitors, Las Palmas, when the two teams face off at the Estadio de Mestalla with the hosts searching for a second league win on the trot.

Valencia opened their account in this new La Liga campaign with an impressive 2-1 win away from home at Sevilla on the weekend which continued their solid run of results towards the end of last season which saw the hosts lose just once in their final six games of last term.

That defeat came in the form of a 1-0 loss away from home at Mallorca but Valencia had also picked up wins against Celta Vigo and Real Madrid, while four of these last six games also yielded Under 2.5 goals scored as well.

Valencia had also suffered just the one defeat in their last eight games at home in La Liga with six of these eight games also resulting in Under 2.5 goals, so this upcoming clash on Friday night with Las Palmas isn't expected to be a goal-fest by any means.

Las Palmas also got themselves off the mark in this new La Liga campaign upon their return to the domestic top flight although it ended up being a more modest point by way of a 1-1 draw at home with Mallorca.

Nevertheless, Las Palmas bring a pretty solid sequence of results into this Friday night encounter at the Estadio de Mestalla as the newcomers have lost just twice in their previous 13 matches in all competitions which includes collecting four wins along the way.

Interestingly, 10 of Las Palmas' last 13 games have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals being scored while three of the four wins that Las Palmas have registered have been on their travels with victories gained at Eibar, FC Cartagena and Cadiz, the latter being in a pre-season friendly.

The bigger picture shows Las Palmas have been handed just three defeats in their last 13 outings on the road in all competitions where they've improved upon their win ratio on the road, picking up five wins in the process and seven of the 13 games also resulting in two goals or less scored as well.

Valencia v Las Palmas Verdict

Valencia are priced as favourites to take all three points here on Friday night but although the hosts did stage something of a recovery on home soil at their Estadio de Mestalla towards the end of last season, the hosts are well renowned for flattering to deceive as they drew five and also lost of their 19 home games last term.

Las Palmas are capable of grinding out a point here and the visitors could even nick it with a narrow 1-0 win.

Therefore, our main bet will be Under 2.5 goals @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

Las Palmas win @ 5.00

Correct score: Las Palmas 1-0 @ 11.00