Valencia v Las Palmas

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Monday night also brings us action from the Spanish top flight and this early relegation battle at the bottom of the La Liga table between second from bottom hosts, Valencia, and the bottom of the league visitors, Las Palmas, when the two teams meet at the Estadio de Mestalla.

There has been just the one win between these two clubs so far in the early stages of this new La Liga season and that went the way of Valencia who registered a solid 2-0 home win against Girona towards the end of September, but that has been the hosts only real highlight so far this term.

Valencia have picked up points in draws with Villarreal, Osasuna and Leganes respectively but these have been overshadowed by slipping to five defeats already in this campaign.

Losses at the hands of Barcelona, Celta Vigo, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad do not appear to bode well for this upcoming clash with Las Palmas, especially as Valencia have managed to capture just one win from their previous 16 league matches overall, slipping to no fewer than 10 defeats in the process.

In addition, Valencia have registered just one win in their last nine home games.

Las Palmas sit rock-bottom of the La Liga standings with just three points to their name after their opening nine games and the visitors already find themselves five points adrift of safety ahead of this upcoming trip to the Estadio de Mestalla.

The visitors are still looking to pick up their first league win of the season having drawn three but also losing the other six games to date, and this equally does not bode well for Diego Martinez's side for this Monday night clash with fellow strugglers Valencia.

The wider picture though provides plenty of reasons why Las Palmas find themselves bottom of the La Liga table as the visitors have now failed to win any of their last 23 games overall in the Spanish top flight which includes being handed no fewer than 15 defeats in the process which is a very poor record indeed.

Las Palmas have been equally poor away from home as well in the domestic top flight as the visitors have failed to win any of their last 12 outings on the road along with stumbling to nine losses within this period as well, so Diego Martinez's side look to have their work cut out in this upcoming fixture on Monday night.

In addition, six of Las Palmas' last 12 away games have also seen them fail to score as well.

Valencia v Las Palmas Verdict

Valencia have won each of the last three meetings at home against Las Palmas on the trot and the hosts look the more likely here as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Valencia win @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Valencia win & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.25

Correct Score: Valencia 2-0 @ 7.00