Castellón will do battle with away side UD Las Palmas at Estadio Municipal de Castalia in the La Liga 2 clash on Saturday.
Our Castellón v UD Las Palmas tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Castellón
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Castellón will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-1 La Liga 2 loss in their previous game against Girona FC.
In that game, Castellón managed 53% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Castellón was Josep Seńé (85'). On the other side, Girona FC had 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Bernardo Espinosa (28') and Yoel Bárcenas (40') scored for Girona FC.
It’s been seldom in recent games where Castellón have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Castellón have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals in the process.
Ahead of this clash, Castellón have not won at home in their last 2 league games.
UD Las Palmas
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UD Las Palmas head into the encounter following a 2-0 La Liga 2 win to beat FC Cartagena in their most recent match.
In that match, UD Las Palmas had 46% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For UD Las Palmas, the goals were scored by Maikel Mesa (14') and Pejiño (19'). On the other side, FC Cartagena had 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
During their 6 latest matches, Pepe Mel's UD Las Palmas have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 6 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.
Ahead of this clash, UD Las Palmas haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head meetings going back to 03/05/2008 shows that Castellón have won 1 of these and UD Las Palmas 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.
A total of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Castellón and 7 created by Las Palmas. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was La Liga 2 match day 7 on 21/10/2020 which finished with the scoreline of UD Las Palmas 2-1 Castellón.
On that occasion, UD Las Palmas had 38% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Sergio Araujo (49') and Rober (72').
For their opponents, Castellón had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Rafa Gálvez (65') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Oliver De La Fuente Ramos.
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Team News: Castellón
Castellón manager Juan Garrido will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
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Team News: UD Las Palmas
Due to a mostly available group, there’s just a single fitness problem for the UD Las Palmas boss Pepe Mel to be concerned about. Cristian Cedrés (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
In our view, UD Las Palmas and Castellón could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.
We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. That is why we are leaning toward a close game with a 1-1 score draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
11:25 23/02/2021
⚽️ Team Focus:
Castellón
Formed: 1922
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Castalia (15,500)
Captain: David Cubillas
Chairman: Vicente Montesinos
Manager: Juan Garrido
Competitions: La Liga 2 position 22
🔑 Star Player: Jamelli
Generally taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Jamelli was born in Zaragoza, Spain. After having made a senior debut playing for Castellón in the 2020 - 2021 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed 4 league goals in the LaLiga2 2020 - 2021 campaign so far in a total of 26 appearances.