Comments and predictions for Espanyol vs Las Palmas: The relegation scenario takes a dangerous turn
The match between Espanyol vs Las Palmas in La Liga takes place at 11:30 p.m. on May 24. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Espanyol vs Las Palmas team information
Espanyol will continue to be without Brian Olivan through injury, while Marash Kumbulla is suspended due to a number of yellow cards.
Leandro Cabrera will return to defence after serving a suspension for his red card in the defeat to Barcelona.
Jofre is trying to regain his starting position on the right wing after coming off the bench in the last two matches.
On the away team side, captain Kirian Rodriguez is still absent due to treatment after a cancer relapse in February.
Fabio Silva is out with an adductor injury, while Stefan Bajcetic is also expected to miss a second successive game.
Midfielder Jose Campana has been suspended for one match after picking up five yellow cards this season.
Latest predicted lineup for Espanyol vs Las Palmas
Espanyol:
Garcia; El Hilali, Cabrera, Calero, Romero; Gonzalez, Lozano; Jofre, Exposito, Puado; Fernandez
Las Palmas:
Horkas; Rozada, Herzog, McKenna, Marmol; Park, Loiodice, Essugo, Moleiro; Fuster, McBurnie
Latest football commentary Espanyol vs Las Palmas
Espanyol are facing the reality that they are still struggling to stay in the league despite having 39 points after 32 games – seven points above the relegation zone with six games remaining.
However, since the draw with Valencia on April 22, they have failed to gain any more points, losing five consecutive matches, including defeats against Villarreal, Real Betis and direct competitors Leganes.
Espanyol lost 2-0 to Barcelona – the game that secured their city rivals the La Liga title – and then suffered a similar result away to Osasuna on Sunday. They are now 17th, just two points ahead of Leganes ahead of the final round.
Similar to Leganes, coach Manolo Gonzalez's team are looking to avoid relegation after just one season back. They will stay in the league if they have the same or better result than Leganes in their match against Real Valladolid.
However, if Leganes beat the bottom team, Espanyol will have to take all three points, as a draw is not enough due to their inferior head-to-head record (they lost 2-3 at Butarque earlier this month).
However, Espanyol can be optimistic as they have won five of their last six home games against Las Palmas in official matches, including a 4-0 victory in the second division in April 2021.
As for Las Palmas, they are already certain of relegation ahead of their trip to RCDE on Sunday.
The island team is currently ranked 19th with a record of 8 wins, 8 draws and 21 losses after 37 matches – 7 points behind Espanyol.
Despite having rekindled hopes of staying in the league with two consecutive wins against Getafe and Atletico Madrid, Las Palmas then seriously declined, losing to Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Rayo Vallecano and Sevilla in turn.
A narrow defeat to Sevilla, coupled with Alaves's defeat to Valencia, saw them officially relegated with two games remaining.
Last Sunday, coach Diego Martinez's team continued to disappoint when they lost 0-1 to Leganes - their fourth defeat in the last five matches and the second consecutive match without scoring, thereby ending the season with the second worst home record in the league.
Las Palmas’ away form, meanwhile, has been no better: they have won just one of their last 10 La Liga away games (D3 L6). They have not won away to Espanyol since November 1987, despite winning 1-0 in the first leg in December.
Latest score prediction for Espanyol vs Las Palmas
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Espanyol vs Las Palmasas follows:
- Sportsmole:Espanyol 2-1 Las Palmas
- WhoScore:Espanyol 1-1 Las Palmas
- Our newspaper predicts:Espanyol 1-1 Las Palmas
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