Las Palmas vs FC Barcelona: Analysis and Prediction of the La Liga match

Barcelona, the defending champion, will start the new year against Las Palmas on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at Estadio de Gran Canaria. The guests will have to give their best to beat Las Palmas, who has only lost one home match this season.

Las Palmas is currently in 10th place in the standings, while Barcelona is in 4th place.

Las Palmas:
- In the last match on December 20, 2023, they lost to Athletic Club with a score of 1-0.
- In the last 5 matches, they won 2 times, lost once, and drew 2 times. They scored an average of 1 goal per match and conceded 0.6.
- In this La Liga season, they won 7 times, lost 7 times, and drew 4 times. They scored an average of 0.83 goals per match and conceded 0.83.
- Less than 3.5 goals have been scored in the last 21 matches.
- In the last 7 matches, less than 2.5 goals have been scored.
- They haven't lost in 10 of their last 11 home matches.

FC Barcelona:
- In the last match on December 20, 2023, they defeated Almería with a score of 3-2.
- In the last 5 matches, they won 2 times, lost 2 times, and drew once. They scored an average of 1.8 goals per match and conceded 2.
- In this La Liga season, they won 11 times, lost 2 times, and drew 5 times. They scored an average of 1.89 goals per match and conceded 1.17.
- They have scored at least 1 goal in their last 17 La Liga matches.
- They haven't lost in their last 8 away matches in La Liga.
- Both teams scored in the last 4 matches for Barcelona.
- In the last 4 matches, over 1.5 goals have been scored.
- They have conceded at least 1 goal in 8 of their last 9 matches.

Head-to-Head:
In the last direct confrontation on March 1, 2018, Las Palmas and FC Barcelona drew with a score of 1-1.
In the last 5 direct encounters, FC Barcelona has won 3 times, and they have drawn 2 times. Las Palmas has scored an average of 0.4 goals per match, while FC Barcelona has scored an average of 2.6 goals per match.

PROBABLE LINEUPS
LAS PALMAS
Valles; Suarez, Coco, Marmol, Cardona; Munoz, Perrone, Rodriguez; Park, Munir, Sandro
FC BARCELONA
Pena; Cancelo, Araujo, Kounde, Balde; Roberto, De Jong, Gundogan; Raphinha, Torres, Lewandowski

BetMines predicts Barcelona's victory and a final result with less than 3.5 goals scored.