The top European leagues often see managers come and go during the season, especially from those making up the relegation zone. On Friday night in Spain there is a La Liga match between Deportivo Alaves and Las Palmas, two teams who have already sacked three managers between them this season. Needless to say both teams find themselves in the relegation zone coming into this match and really need the points to give themselves a chance of avoiding the drop.
La Liga – Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz – Friday 8th December – 21:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 12/5 at William Hill |
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Deportivo Alaves
Las PalmasDeportivo Alaves Form
Deportivo Alaves start this match in 19th place in La Liga, with 9 points from their 14 games played. Only Malaga have a worse record in the league and they sit 1 point below them in the table. The good news for Deportivo Alaves fans is they won their third match of the league campaign last weekend, defeating Girona 3-2 away from home. This result coupled with the Copa del Rey victory over Getafe at home means Deportivo Alaves have won back-to-back games for this first time this season. However, Deportivo Alaves have won only 1 of their 7 home La Liga games this season and have conceded 2 or more goals in 6 of those 7 matches.
Las Palmas Form
Las Palmas come into this game just one place above Deportivo Alaves in the league table and know a win would send them 4 points clear of their opponents. Much like their hosts, Las Palmas picked up a crucial win last weekend as they defeated Real Betis 1-0 at home. It was only their third win of the season. However, following their 2-2 draw at Real Sociedad the week before, Las Palmas are undefeated in their last 2 La Liga games. Unfortunately, their away record is appalling and Las Palmas have picked up 1 point from their last 5 away league games, conceding 13 goals and scoring only 2 in the process.
Team News
Deportivo Alaves will be without Victor Laguardia, Hector Hernandez, Carlos Vigaray, Ruben Sobrino and Rodrigo Ely who are injured. Las Palmas must make do without Allen Halilovic, Momo, Vitolo and Pedro Biga, with all four-missing due to injury.
Top Betting Tips
Deportivo Alaves will see this as a must-win game if they want to remain in La Liga for at least another season. Given the away record of Las Palmas, they will fancy their chances of taking maximum points and the home win is 11/8 at Skybet. Both teams have been struggling to keep clean sheets this season and that is unlikely to change in this match and over 2.5 goals is Evens with Ladbrokes. The one striker who has managed to get a few goals in La Liga for either team this season is Loic Remy, who has 4 goals to his name. The Frenchman is 12/5 with Ladbrokes to score at any time for Las Palmas.