Barcelona will look to maintain their place at the top of La Liga when they take on Las Palmas at the Estadio de Gran Canaria on Saturday night.
Hansi Flick’s side seized the initiative in the title race with a narrow 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano on Monday night.
The top of the table is extremely congested at the moment, with just one point separating Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Seeking to fulfil their end of the bargain, Barca will look to make it five league wins on the bounce when they lock horns with Las Palmas this weekend.
Diego Martinez’s men currently find themselves hovering above the relegation zone after losing five of their last six matches in La Liga.
That worrying slump in form doesn’t bode well for the Yellows' chances ahead of a showdown with title-chasing Barcelona on Saturday night.
How the bookies view it: Light work for league leaders
Barcelona are understandably heavy odds-on 2/9 favourites on Boylesports to bank all three points on Saturday night.
Las Palmas are a whopping 15/2 on Boylesports to snap their current six-game winless run in La Liga, while the draw is also deemed unlikely at 5/1 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: Las Palmas not a lost cause
Las Palmas can draw confidence from the fact that they pulled off a huge shock by winning this season’s reverse fixture 2-1. While Barcelona won both meetings between the pair last season, it's worth noting that both victories arrived via a one-goal winning margin.
Players to watch: Las Palmas to be poleaxed?
Robert Lewandowski racked up his 20th La Liga goal of the season against Rayo Vallecano on Monday night. The Polish sharpshooter has scored in 12 of Barcelona’s 16 league wins this season and the same combination can be backed here at 5/6 on Bet 365.
Having already been booked nine times in La Liga this season, Las Palmas’ Alex Suarez is one to keep an eye out for once player card prices become available.
Predicted line-ups
Las Palmas will again be missing Adnan Januzaj, Fabio Silva and Marc Cardona due to injury problems, while Scott McKenna will serve a one-game suspension after collecting his fifth yellow card of the campaign last time out.
Barcelona remain without injured trio Andreas Christiansen, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Marc Bernal.
Las Palmas: Cillessen; Pelmard, Suarez, Herzog, Marmol; Loiodice, Essugo; Fuster, Munoz, Moleiro; McBurnie
Barcelona: Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, I Martinez, Balde; Casado, Pedri; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Anything else catch the eye?
Las Palmas rarely get blown away by their opponents, making a Barcelona win and under 4.5 goals worthy of support at 20/21 on Boylesports.
This would have been the right formula in 10 of the hosts' 13 defeats in La Liga this season so far.
On top of that, this bet would have also paid out in each of Barcelona’s last three wins against Las Palmas in La Liga.
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