Preview: Las Palmas vs. Getafe - prediction, team news, lineups

Las Palmas volition beryllium aiming to agelong their unbeaten tally successful La Liga to 5 matches erstwhile they invited Getafe to Estadio Gran Canaria connected Sunday afternoon.

The hosts are presently 13th successful the La Liga table, picking up 22 points from their opening 18 matches of the campaign, portion Getafe beryllium 17th, having lone collected 16 points from their archetypal 18 games of 2024-25.

Match preview

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Diego Martinez has guided Las Palmas to 8 wins from his 12 matches successful complaint since being appointed caput manager astatine the commencement of October, with the squad recovering from what was a precise hard opening to the 2024-25 campaign.

Pio Pio ended 2024 successful awesome signifier successful La Liga, picking up 10 points from an disposable 12, with that tally including a 2-1 occurrence implicit Barcelona, and they are presently up successful 13th presumption successful the table.

Los Amarillos are really lone 3 points down seventh-placed Real Sociedad, which is singular considering their early-season struggles, and they volition beryllium eyeing a seventh league occurrence of the run connected Sunday afternoon.

Martinez's squad volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a defeat, going down 4-0 to Elche successful the Copa del Rey, meaning that they present lone person the league to absorption connected successful the 2nd fractional of the campaign.

Las Palmas person lone won 4 of their 14 matches against Getafe successful each competitions, but they recorded a 2-0 occurrence erstwhile the 2 teams locked horns for the corresponding lucifer during the 2023-24 campaign.

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Getafe, meanwhile, beryllium 17th successful the table, boasting a grounds of 3 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats from their 18 matches, and they are lone 1 constituent up of the relegation portion heading into the latest gameweek.

Jose Bordalas' broadside incredibly person the third-best antiaircraft grounds successful La Liga this season, lone conceding 15 times, but they person the worst attacking record, uncovering the backmost of the nett connected conscionable 11 occasions.

It is truthful not hard to recognize wherefore Getafe are struggling this term, but they volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a win, beating Granada 1-0 successful the Copa del Rey connected January 3 to unafraid a spot successful the last-16 signifier of the competition.

Getafe ended 2024 with back-to-back 1-0 losses to Atletico Madrid and Mallorca successful La Liga, though, and they person lone picked up 3 points from their past 4 matches successful the apical formation of Spanish football.

The Deep Blue Ones person picked up conscionable 2 points from their 8 distant league matches this season, scoring lone 3 times successful the process, portion Las Palmas person 12 points to amusement from their 9 games connected location soil.

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Team News

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Las Palmas volition beryllium without the services of Viti and Daley Sinkgraven owed to wounded problems, but the location broadside are different successful beardown signifier for their opening La Liga lucifer of 2025.

Head manager Martinez made a fig of changes against Elche successful the Copa del Rey past clip out, but the big-hitters, including Kirian Rodriguez, Mika Marmol, Jasper Cillessen and Alex Suarez volition instrumentality here.

Fabio Silva is again acceptable to diagnostic done the middle, portion Marvin Park should beryllium backmost successful an precocious area, having dropped backmost to the right-back spot for the Copa del Rey contention connected January 5.

As for Getafe, Diego Rico is retired of the contention done suspension, portion Allan Nyom is absent done injury, but Borja Mayoral and Carles Alena were some progressive against Granada aft returning from caller injuries.

The visitors volition beryllium cautious erstwhile it comes to Mayoral's fittingness considering his caller wounded problems, truthful the Spaniard could commencement connected the seat erstwhile again, but Alena whitethorn instrumentality vantage of Nyom's lack to start.

David Soria is besides acceptable to instrumentality betwixt the sticks, having been rested successful the Copa del Rey, but Coba should support his spot down the close for the superior outfit this weekend.

Las Palmas imaginable starting lineup:
Cillessen; Munoz, Suarez, McKenna, Marmol; Essugo, Campana, K Rodriguez; Park, F Silva, Ramirez

We say: Las Palmas 1-0 Getafe

Getafe person conscionable 3 distant goals to their sanction successful La Liga this season, truthful we are not expecting a high-scoring affair; Las Palmas were stunned by Elche successful the Copa del Rey past clip out, but we are backing the hosts to bounce backmost connected Sunday with a constrictive win.

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