Barcelona vs Las Palmas tips and predictions

Las Palmas can't hurt Barcelona?

It won't be long after this gets underway before the home side can see their opponents in their rear-view mirror. If you like attacking football you'll be buzzing for this to deliver the goals everyone is expecting.

There are 27 points separating the two sides as second place Barcelona get set to host 11th place Las Palmas.

The short price for the home side is the only sensible play as their opponents are unlikely to push the envelope here.

The hosts are going into the match having established 16 home wins from their last 20.

The hosts have been building up a head of steam in their previous performances. Barcelona scored three or more goals in 8 of their recent 14 matches and they've rarely been caught sleeping. They've conceded only 1 goal in their last 5 games, both home and away. They'll be keen to have kept a clean sheet at full-time.

It could be all she wrote for the visitors.

Away from home Las Palmas have conceded an average of 3.0 goals in their last 3 matches. Reviewing these stats starts to present an encouraging scenario for the home side coming through. From the start, they will look to exploit holes that could materialise in the visitors' defence.

Obviously these sides have done battle before. Barcelona have won 6 of the last 7 fixtures between the two teams. This looks like a decent time for them to add to these head-to-head statistics. And it is highly unlikely they will fail to do just that.

Given the overwhelming favouritism for Barcelona it is likely they keep Las Palmas out of contention. It isn't a strong view so maybe give it a miss but the No BTTS bet looks like the pick there. As for the goal line, it's fewer than three goals for this one after considering the prices available.