All of a sudden Zinedine Zidane is feeling a bit hot under the collar as Los Merengues have lost back to back games in the last week. Suddenly their La Liga title defence is crumbling around their ankles in its early stages, while they are unlikely to win their Champions League group now having suffered a defeat out at Spurs in midweek at Wembley. What next for Real Madrid who failed to beat Las Palmas last season? Real Madrid are 1/11 to pick up the win, with La Palmas a big old 25/1 punt to pull of a shock.
La Liga – Santiago-Bernabéu, Madrid – Sunday 5th November – 19:45 UK Time
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Real Madrid
Las PalmasReal Madrid Form
Los Merengues were already playing catch up in La Liga to runaway leaders Barcelona before last weekend’s massive upset against Girona. Girona, who are in their first ever Spanish top-flight season did the unthinkable and took a 2-1 win over Real Madrid. That was Madrid’s second league defeat of the season having fallen at Real Betis back in September. So that’s a total of eight points dropped this season from Madrid and just the three clean sheets in ten league matches. Cristiano Ronaldo has just the one league goal for them in the Spanish top flight this season as well. Plus they failed to beat Spurs in the Champions League. Crisis at the Bernabeu? Real Madrid are W2 D1 L2 in their last five games in all competitions.
Las Palmas Form
Las Palmas, who ended last season with a miserable run of five straight defeats are currently on a six-match losing streak in the Spanish top flight at the moment. It’s not been pretty from them and their defence has been pounded into conceding 25 goals in ten games. They have a W1 L4 record way from home, having lost their last three and having failed to score in four of those five away games. They shouldn’t be a threat, but they can take inspiration from Girona.
Head to Head News
Last season’s La Liga meetings between these two both ended in draws. There was a thrilling 3-3 at the Bernabeu after a 2-2 draw in the Gran Canaria. Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last four against Las Palmas and their limited overall head to head things read W5 D2 L1 for Real Madrid.
Top Betting Tips
Las Palmas aren’t going to have the tools that Girona had available to pull off a win in this one. It’s just not there, not even enough to scrape another draw against the European champions probably. Madrid simply have to respond in this one and they are a price of 10/11 to win to nil and that looks solid.