Prediction La Liga - Barcelona vs Las Palmas

La Liga - Barcelona vs Las Palmas
Match Time: 31-03-2024 04:00 Sunday (GMT+8)
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Barcelona

Barcelona entered the international break off the back of one of their best performances and indeed results of the 2023-24 campaign, recording a 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid at Wanda Metropolitano.

The success made it 10 games unbeaten in all competitions for the Catalan outfit, who have not lost since Xavi announced at the end of January that he would be standing down as manager this summer.

Barcelona remain hopeful that Xavi can be convinced to stay as head coach beyond the end of the campaign, and the club are still challenging for two trophies this season, sitting eight points behind La Liga leaders Real Madrid in the table, while they will take on Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The reigning La Liga champions have won six and drawn two of their last eight league matches, and they will be confident of posting another victory ahead of a trip to Paris for the first leg of their last-eight affair in the European Cup on April 10.

Barcelona have picked up 34 points from their 15 league matches at their temporary home - Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys - this season, but all three of their losses in Spain's top flight in 2023-24 have come in front of their own supporters, while they have also conceded 19 times in their 'home' La Liga fixtures.

Las Palmas

Having secured a return to La Liga as the 2022-23 Segunda Division runners-up, consolidating back at this level was always going to be Las Palmas' number one priority this season.

Los Amarillos have performed above expectations, though, boasting a record of 10 wins, seven draws and 12 defeats from 29 matches to collect 37 points, which has left them in 11th spot in the table.

Garcia Pimienta's side have no relegation fears, sitting 15 points clear of the bottom three, and they are only five points off seventh-placed Real Betis, so it could be a famous campaign for the club.

Indeed, Las Palmas have not finished higher than 11th in Spain's top flight since claiming sixth in 1978-79, but their recent form has been disappointing, picking up just two points from their last five matches, including back-to-back home losses to Athletic Bilbao and Almeria ahead of the international break.

Pio Pio suffered a 3-0 defeat to Barcelona at Camp Nou last season, while they lost 2-1 to the reigning champions when the two teams locked horns for the reverse match in January.

Prediction: Barcelona 2-0 Las Palmas