Athletic Bilbao with a tough task against Las Palmas

Las Palmas host Athletic Bilbao this Sunday at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for matchday 28 of the La Liga. Currently, García Pimienta's team are 8th in the table with 37 points, while Ernesto Valverde's team are 5th with 50 points. The match will be broadcast live at 11:15 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

After drawing 3-3 in the last match against Getafe (La Liga 2023/24), Las Palmas receive Athletic Bilbao, who drew 0-0 against Barcelona (La Liga 2023/24). Digging back into the archives highlights that García Pimienta's team and Ernesto Valverde's team have faced each other ninety-three times, with Athletic Bilbao holding the advantage: 43 victories, against 21 victories of Las Palmas. Specifically in the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, García Pimienta's team has the advantage in the duels against Ernesto Valverde's team: 16 wins in 46 games. Athletic Bilbao have 9 wins.

In the La Liga, seventy-one games were played between the two teams, with 33 wins for Athletic Bilbao, 20 draws and 18 wins for Las Palmas.

Considering the Liga EA Sports 23/24, from Las Palmas's most influential players, Munir El-Haddadi has entered the pitch 27 times, and Álvaro Valles is the one with more minutes played (2430). Kirian Rodríguez has scored 6 goals, the most across Las Palmas's squad. As for Athletic Bilbao, Unai Simón is the most used player in a total of 27 games (2430 min). Gorka Guruzeta is their current best scorer with 10 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Athletic Bilbao winning 1-0. Ernesto Valverde's team will have to work hard if they want to overcome this major hurdle.