Las Palmas vs Deportivo La Coruna – La Liga – Preview

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Sreya

Las Palmas vs Deportivo La Coruna – Las Palmas hosts Deportivo La Coruna at Gran Canaria on 20th January, Friday in a mid-table La Liga clash.

Las Palmas are tenth in league standings with twenty four points courtesy their six wins and six draws. They were beaten 5-0 by Barcelona in their last league outing and have won only two of the previous six league fixtures, drawing two and losing two.

Deportivo La Coruna, after a difficult start to the season, now sit on the fifteenth position with eighteen points and have a similar record to Las Palmas in their last six league matches. The visitors, however, have lost only once in their last four matches, managing to secure draws against Espanyol and Villarreal after a 2-0 win over Osasuna.

Team News

David Garcia is injured and Kevin-Prince Boateng is suspended for Las Palmas. Dani Castellano, Pedro Bigas and David Simon are in contention to be in the matchday squad after returning from injuries.

Deportivo La Coruna will be without the injured Carles Gil and Bruno Gama, and Faycal Fajr who is on international duty.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Las Palmas vs Deportivo La Coruna H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for Las Palmas and three wins for Deportivo La Coruna. In fact, Las Palmas have won only three and lost the remaining of their ten previous encounters with Deportivo in the La Liga.

While Las Palmas are undefeated in their last 13 home matches in the league, Deportivo have failed to win their last 9 away matches in the La Liga. Deportivo have kept a clean sheet in their last 4 away matches against Las Palmas in all competitions.

A 1-1 draw is the most probable outcome, of what is expected to be a closely contested affair.