Atletico Madrid need to keep winning and hope the top two slip up, as they bid to stay in the title race in Spain. They travel to Gran Canaria this weekend to take on Las Palmas.
Los Rojiblancos have no other distractions and a favourable run-in, but they have seven points to make up on leaders Barcelona. They head into this game following back-to-back victories, but they were surprisingly made to work by rock bottom Real Valladolid who netted twice at the Estadio Metropolitano on Monday.
Defensively, Diego Simeone’s side are not looking as solid as was the case earlier in the campaign, while talisman Antoine Griezmann has really gone off the boil, failing to score or assist in any of his last nine games.
There’s certainly hope for Las Palmas here, after the Canary Islanders secured their first victory of 2025 last time out, with Fabio Silva and Oli McBurnie doing the damage in a 3-1 comeback win at Getafe. They are still in the relegation zone heading into this weekend though.
How the bookies view it: Visitors expected to triumph
The bookies favour the visitors who are available at 3/5 to win this match. Punters can back Las Palmas to make it back-to-back victories and massively boost their survival chances at odds of 5/1. Meanwhile, the draw is priced at 13/4.
Recent head-to-head: Las Palmas eyeing repeat of 2023 win
Las Palmas won this fixture last season, with Kirian Rodriguez and Benito Ramirez scoring in a 2-1 victory for what was then Garcia Pimienta’s side. However, they’ve a pretty miserable overall record against Atletico Madrid in recent years, conceding 21 goals in the last six meetings alone.
Players to watch: Silva to shine again?
Fabio Silva is having comfortably the best season of his career to date, with the Wolves loanee finally fulfilling his early promise. His brace at the Coliseum last time out moved the Portuguese forward onto 10 goals from 23 appearances this term in La Liga, and he’s available at 7/2 with Unibet to score anytime here.
Julian Alvarez is likely to provide the visiting team’s main goal threat. The Argentine scored two penalties on Monday to move onto 14 goals in his debut La Liga campaign.
Predicted Lineups
Diego Martinez isn’t likely to make too many changes after Las Palmas finally chalked up a victory last time out, but Alberto Moleiro could earn a recall in an advanced midfield role.
As for Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone may recall Rodrigo De Paul in midfield if he’s deemed fit enough to start the game following injury. The visitors have no major fitness concerns, with Samuel Lino also available again.
Las Palmas: Horkas, Marmol, McKenna, A. Suarez, Rozada, Bajcetic, J. Munoz, F. Silva, Moleiro, S. Ramirez, McBurnie.
Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Galan, Gimenez, Le Normand, Llorente, Gallagher, Barrios, De Paul, Simeone, Alvarez, Griezmann.
Anything else catch the eye?
For a struggling team, Las Palmas do pose a genuine goal threat and they are capable of asking questions of an Atletico Madrid defence that has not looked that convincing in recent weeks. The visitors need to take risks and target maximum points though, and that could serve up a relatively open game, with over 2.5 goals looking like it could be worth a punt at 5/6 with UniBet.
Despite their lowly position, Las Palmas have avoided defeat in four of their last six matches, and we saw at the end of 2024 how dangerous they can be when they get on a roll. With Atleti having only won five out of 13 in all competitions, punters may also be tempted by odds of 7/5 with BoyleSports for Las Palmas or draw in the double-chance market.
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