Real Valladolid vs Las Palmas prediction 28.02.2025 | La Liga

• Competition: La Liga
• Date: Friday, 28th February, 2025
• Kickoff: 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
• Venue: Estadio José Zorrilla (Valladolid)

On Friday evening, two relegation candidates, Real Valladolid and Las Palmas, will face off in the 26th La Liga round at Estadio José Zorrilla in Valladolid.

Real Valladolid are one of the teams that constantly moved between La Liga and La Liga 2. Last season, they were promoted, and this year, they are once again looking like they will make a trip to the league below. Right now, they are the last-placed team (20th) with only 15 points in 25 rounds - eight points away from the safe zone and 17th-placed Las Palmas. With a potential loss here, their survival chance would be minimal. So, we can safely say this could be the season-defining game for the popular Pucelanos.

Las Palmas secured a return to the top-flight division in the 2022/23 season and had an awesome first part of the following season. However, after that, they looked like the worst team in the league, and sadly, they continued with that trend this year as well. Right now, the team from the Canary Islands is in 17th place with 23 points from 25 matches. They are on a level with points with 18th-placed Valencia, which are in the relegation zone. Considering they lost four in a row, there are definitely reasons to be worried about the upcoming period.

Real Valladolid vs Las Palmas pick: Over 2.5 goals

Real Valladolid lost six, and Las Palmas lost four in a row before this match. They have been absolutely terrible defensively. Real Valladolid allowed 22 goals during that period - an incredible 3.7 goals per game! Meanwhile, Las Palmas allowed 2.25 goals per game during their four-game losing streak. So, even though we are definitely not impressed by their offensive performances, their defenses are simply too bad to keep clean sheets.

Thus far, Real Valladolid had just five clean sheets, and Las Palmas only had three in 25 rounds. But even those rare clean sheets happened a long time ago. Because of poor defenses, these teams were over 2.5 goals in 64% and 60% of their La Liga games.

In the previous h2h game, at the Canary Islands, Las Palmas won 2:1. Considering the previous h2h game and all the above, we expect a high-scoring game, most likely with both teams scoring.