Las Palmas goalkeeper Javi Varas. (Photo : Getty Images)
Surprise team UD Las Palmas (2-1-0, 6 points) will try to get back to their winning form as they host winless squad Malaga CF (0-1-2, 2 points) at their home ground of Estadio Gran Canaria on Sep. 17, Saturday as the 2016-2017 La Liga season moves forward.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Las Palmas opened their campaign this season with two consecutive high-scoring victories, a 4-2 win over Valencia on opening day and a 5-1 smashing of Granada in week 2.
However, the team was brought back down to the ground during their previous match last Saturday as they fell to contending squad Sevilla, 1-2, at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, as per ESPN.
Head coach Quique Setien's side actually had the upperhand early in the match when midfielder Tana scored the opening goal at the 16th minute to put the visitors ahead by one.
Los Amarillos seemed headed to their third straight win and a perfect record in the Spanish top flight, but an unfortunate break with two minutes remaining before full time sent them reeling to their first loss this term.
Spanish defender Pedro Bigas was booked for a second yellow card at the 88th minute which translated into a red that sent him off the pitch.
Sevilla then took advantage of the 10-man squad and scored two goals in a span of five minutes to come away with the victory.
Meanwhile, Malaga has yet to earn their first win this season as they began the term with two consecutive drawn matches against Osasuna and Espanyol before dropping a 0-2 match to Villarreal last Saturday at the Estadio La Rosaleda, SkySports reported.
Villarreal's Jaume Costa and Nicola Sansone netted the two goals for the visitors during the match at the 33rd and 44th minutes and head coach Juande Ramos' boys were unable to retaliate with anything as time expired.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a tough 2-1 decision for Las Palmas.
Las Palmas starting lineup (4-1-4-1 formation): Varas; Macedo, D. Garcia, Simon, Castellano; Mesa; El Zhar, Tana, Gomez, M. Garcia; Livaja
Malaga starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Kameni; Rosales, Llorente, Weligton, Torres; Fornals, Camacho, Recio, Jony; Sandro, Charles
