UD Las Palmas will be the visitors at RCDE Stadium on Saturday for the La Liga meeting with home team Espanyol.
Our Espanyol v UD Las Palmas predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Espanyol
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Espanyol will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-0 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Osasuna.
In that match, Espanyol had 54% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. For their opponents, Osasuna got 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Ante Budimir (17') and Raul García (91') scored for Osasuna.
Espanyol have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opponents over their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Espanyol have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 11. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.
Coming into this fixture, Espanyol have not won at home in their last 2 league games.
UD Las Palmas
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Leganés in La Liga action, UD Las Palmas will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, UD Las Palmas had 71% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Leganes got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Dani Raba (6') was the scorer for Leganés.
For 5 of the prior 6 games featuring UD Las Palmas, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell works out to a meagre 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Las Palmas equalling 0.5.
Coming into 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
If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 10/03/2017, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Espanyol winning 2 of those games, UD Las Palmas 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
19 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 from Periquitos and 8 coming from Las Palmas. The average goals per game has been 3.17.
The last league fixture between the two was La Liga match day 18 on 22/12/2024 when it finished UD Las Palmas 1-0 Espanyol.
That time, UD Las Palmas managed 58% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Sandro Ramírez (67').
Espanyol had 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target.
The referee was César Soto Grado.
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Team News: Espanyol
In our view, Periquitos may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Joan García, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Pol Lozano, U. González de, Antoniu Roca, Eduardo Expósito, Javi Puado and R. Fernández Jaén.
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Team News: UD Las Palmas
Due to a mostly available group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the UD Las Palmas boss Diego Martínez to contend with. Kirian Rodríguez (Lymphatic cancer) won’t be in action.
We believe UD Las Palmas will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Dinko Horkaš, V. Álvarez Rozada, Juanma Herzog, Scott McKenna, Mika Mármol, Enzo Loiodice, Dario Essugo, Marvin Park, Manuel Fuster, Alberto Moleiro and Oliver McBurnie.
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Prediction
In this match, Espanyol are likely to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.
At the other end, UD Las Palmas won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet although we do think it’s probable that they will be being dangerous for periods.
Therefore, we are anticipating a 3-1 winning score for Espanyol by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
In terms of the bookies’ odds on the WDW market, the win for Espanyol is best priced at 1.36, going for a drawn result is 5 and taking a punt on the winning team to be UD Las Palmas is 8.5. They are the best of the market prices available at present.
Victor Martins,
04:03 23/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Espanyol
Formed: 1900
Stadium: RCDE Stadium (40,500)
Captain: Sergi Gómez
Chairman: Chen Yansheng
Manager: Manolo González
Competitions: La Liga position 17
⭐ Star Player: Roberto Fernández
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Roberto Fernández was born in Puente Genil, Spain. Having played his first senior match for Málaga in the 2021 - 2022 season, the talented Forward has netted 6 league goals in this LaLiga 2024 - 2025 season to date in 18 appearances.