Burkina Faso
Czech Republic
Indonesia
Lithuania
Montenegro
Nigeria
North Macedonia

Las Palmasvs.Betis

sportsmole.co.uk, 24 September 2024, 20:30
Real Betis will look to bounce back from a narrow defeat to Mallorca when they travel to Gran Canaria for Thursday's La Liga clash with Las Palmas.

Los Verdiblancos are sitting in 11th spot with eight points to their name, while Las Palmas are propping up the standings after mustering two points from their six matches.

Match preview

Las Palmas boss Luis Carrion has experienced a disappointing start to his first La Liga campaign as manager, having seen his side draw two and lose four of their opening six matches.

Carrion's side began the campaign with a draw against Sevilla and a defeat to Las Palmas, before they produced a determined display to take a point off reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid.

However, rather than build upon the 1-1 draw against Los Blancos, Las Palmas have gone on to lose three consecutive matches, including a 2-1 defeat in Saturday's away meeting with Osasuna.

Alberto Moleiro headed home in the 41st minute to cancel out Ante Budimir's penalty, but Las Palmas were unable to produce a response to Aimar Oroz's second-half effort.

Unfortunately for Carrion, he has now become the second head coach in Las Palmas' history to fail to win any of his first six La Liga games, with his poor start contributing to the club's 20-game winless league run.

As a result, the team from Gran Canaria will head into Thursday's contest with hopes of claiming their first league victory since beating Valencia 2-0 in February.

Real Betis will enter the midweek fixture in a downbeat mood after they conceded a stoppage time goal to lose 2-1 in their recent clash with Mallorca at the Estadio Benito Vilamarin.

After beating Leganes and Getafe, Los Verdiblancos were hoping to claim a third consecutive victory in Monday's home clash, especially as they had won each of their previous five matches against Mallorca.

Giovani Lo Celso saw his seventh-minute opener quickly cancelled out by Dani Rodriguez, before Valery netted a 93rd-minute winner to snatch the three points and condemn Betis to their first home defeat of the season.

Having competed in three consecutive away games, Manuel Pellegrini's side will now head on their travels with hopes of ending a four-game winless away league run in the top flight.

Betis' first priority will be to score their first away league goal of the season, having played out a goalless with Alaves and lost 2-0 to Real Madrid in their opening two road trips in La Liga.

After failing to win on their last four trips to Estadio de Gran Canaria, Los Verdiblancos are seeking their first away win over Las Palmas since recording a 3-0 victory in a second-tier fixture in March 2015.

Las Palmas La Liga form:

D

L

D

L

L

L

Real Betis La Liga form:

D

D

L

W

W

L

Real Betis form (all competitions):

D

W

L

W

W

L

Team News

Las Palmas defender Scott McKenna is currently in the treatment room after sustaining a hamstring injury in training last weekend.

Marvin Park and Mika Marmol both picked up injuries in the defeat to Osasuna, ensuring Carrion will have to make at least two changes for Thursday's fixture.

Viti Rozada is set to replace Park at right-back, while Alex Suarez is likely to start in central defence in Marmol's absence.

Oli McBurnie dropped to the bench at the weekend, but he is pushing for a recall after coming on as a half-time substitute at El Sadar.

As for the visitors, they remain without the services of Youssouf Sabaly, William Carvalho and Isco due to their respective injury issues.

Defender Marc Bartra will have be assessed ahead of Thursday's away trip, having missed the last five matches due to injury.

Jonny Cardoso has returned to training following a physical issue and is in contention to start in midfield against Las Palmas.

Pellegrini may take the opportunity to make a number of changes to freshen up his side, with Aitor Ruibal, Romain Perruad, Pablo Fornals, Juanmi and Assane Diao all in contention to start.

Las Palmas possible starting lineup:

Cillessen; Viti, Herzog, Suarez, Munoz; Munoz, Essugo, Rodriguez; Sandro, Moleiro, McBurnie

Real Betis possible starting lineup:

Silva; Ruibal, Llorente, Natan, Perraud, Cardoso, Roca; Fornals, Lo Celso, Juanmi; Diao

We say: Las Palmas 1-1 Real Betis

Previews by email

Top News

13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Sporting Kansas City will be looking to snap their run of five defeats from their opening five games when they play host to Minnesota United at Children's Mercy Park on Sunday morning. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Everton welcome West Ham United to Goodison Park for a bottom-half Premier League contest on Saturday afternoon. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Brentford boss Thomas Frank has revealed that Fabio Carvalho faces an uphill battle to play again this season. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has named Ayden Heaven in his starting side for Thursday's Europa League last-16 second leg with Real Sociedad. 13 March 2025 talksport.com Mauricio Pochettino has told talkSPORT he dreams of returning to Tottenham one day. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Chelsea and Copenhagen have confirmed their starting lineups for Thursday's Conference League fixture at Stamford Bridge. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester City expert Steven McInerney from Esteemed Kompany believes Pep Guardiola's side will need to score at least two goals if they wish to beat Brighton & Hove Albion in Saturday's Premier League contest at the Etihad Stadium. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Santos president Marcelo Teixeira is hopeful that the club will be able to sign Neymar to a fresh contract. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Erling Haaland will attempt to set a fresh Premier League record when Manchester City welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Former Premier League striker Jermain Defoe has exclusively told Sports Mole he does not believe that Darwin Nunez can rescue his career at Liverpool. 13 March 2025 talksport.com Real Sociedad midfielder Arsen Zakharyan is reportedly unavailable for their second leg clash Manchester United due to visa issues. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Barcelona have reportedly reignited their interest in Lille forward Jonathan David. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Real Madrid have confirmed that Ferland Mendy is facing a spell on the sidelines with the muscular problem that he picked up during Wednesday's Champions League last-16 second leg against Atletico Madrid. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk West Ham United could be without up to four players for Saturday's Premier League clash with Everton at Goodison Park. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Everton are set to be without five players for Saturday's Premier League clash with West Ham United at Goodison Park. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk UEFA have revealed that they will "enter discussions" with FIFA and IFAB over a potential rule change following Julian Alvarez's controversial spot-kick in Wednesday's Champions League clash between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Everton manager David Moyes will renew acquaintances with one of his former clubs West Ham United when they do battle at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Brighton & Hove Albion could be without up to seven players for Saturday's Premier League clash with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester City will be without at least four players for Saturday's Premier League clash Brighton & Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Valencia's battle to stay out of the La Liga relegation zone will continue on Saturday night, when they head to Estadi Montilivi to tackle a Girona outfit that are without a victory since the start of February. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk William Saliba has reportedly told Arsenal in 'private' that he has no plans to leave the club despite being linked with European champions Real Madrid. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester City will endeavour to climb back into the top four of the Premier League table when they welcome high-flying Brighton & Hove Albion to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Arsenal winger Raheem Sterling will be suspended for next month's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk European-chasing Mallorca will be bidding to return to winning ways in Spain's top flight when they continue their campaign with a home fixture against relegation-threatened Espanyol on Saturday afternoon. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Having avoided a calamitous defeat last week, AC Milan will host Como on Saturday evening, when the regional rivals meet at San Siro. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Nottingham Forest fulcrum Morgan Gibbs-White can inch closer to a slice of club history when the Tricky Trees travel to Portman Road to face Ipswich Town in Saturday's Premier League clash. 13 March 2025 talksport.com The Europa League and Europa Conference League round of 16 ties will come to an end this evening. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Ipswich Town centre-forward Liam Delap will have to tread carefully in Saturday's Premier League showdown with Nottingham Forest at Portman Road. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann has named his 23-man squad for this month's UEFA Nations League quarter-final tie against Italy. 13 March 2025 sportsmole.co.uk Reuniting just a couple of weeks on from a dramatic FA Cup affair, Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest are back in Premier League action at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon.