Las Palmas – Gijon PREDICTION & PREVIEW (07.01.2017)

Match corresponding to day 17 of LaLiga Santander where they will face Las Palmas and Sporting de Gijón.

On the local side;

The canaries are making a good season and are on the way to do the same campaign as last year, where they were in the middle of the table. This year they are right in the middle, in the 10th position, with 21 points out of 48 possible. His current balance is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses where they have scored 26 goals in favor and 24 against.

They come in a bad streak where they arrive with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last 5 league games and do not know the victory since November 28 (3-1 vs Athletic).

However, in the Estadio de Gran Canaria they have some great numbers to be the humble team that is. In their 8 games played at home they have 4 wins and 4 draws. They have 16 goals in favor and 8 against. Only Las Palmas and Real Madrid do not know the defeat at home.

On the visitor side;

Sporting visit the Canarian lands after several weeks giving a very low level, perhaps even lower than required by the competition. They have a very limited team and it has all the look that this year they will suffer from the cute to maintain the category.

They occupy the 18th place in the league with 12 points. They have a balance of 3 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats where they have scored 17 goals and have conceded 33, being the 5th teams less scorer and the 2nd most thrashed.

As I said earlier, they arrive in a rather bad state. In their last 5 league games they have 1 victory and 4 defeats. If we go further, in their last eight official matches they have 1 victory and 7 losses.

He is the worst visitor in the league. In their 6 games away from El Molinón they have only been able to score 2 points (vs. Granada and Alavés, teams that are quite weak in their stadium)

We have before us two teams that come in very different dynamics. Las Palmas managed to overcome the Copa del Rey round while Sporting stayed on the road. The canaries come with a desire to give a victory to their fans and thus leave behind the poor results harvested in recent weeks while Sporting will try to make some profit, which I see quite difficult.

Good luck!