La Liga's basement side Real Valladolid will be bidding to record just their third league success of the 2024-25 campaign when they head to Las Palmas on Saturday afternoon.

Match preview

Las Palmas boast a record of four wins, three draws and eight defeats from their 15 league matches this season, which has left them in 14th spot in the table on 15 points, just two points above the relegation zone.

Diego Martinez has overseen a huge change since becoming head coach at the start of October, winning six of his eight matches at the helm, with Los Amarillos managing to overcome their early-season struggles.

Pio Pio have been victorious in three of their last four matches in all competitions, including a stunning 2-1 success over Barcelona last weekend, and they followed that up with a 2-1 victory over Europa in the Copa del Rey.

Las Palmas have actually only picked up six points from their seven home league games this season, but Real Valladolid have struggled on their travels, losing six of their seven games.

La Union Deportiva are unbeaten against Real Valladolid since March 2012, meanwhile, but this will be the first meeting between the two sides since March 2022, when Las Palmas recorded a 2-1 victory at Estadio Jose Zorrilla in the Segunda Division.

Real Valladolid sacked Paulo Pezzolano as head coach after the 5-0 home defeat to Atletico Madrid last weekend, with Alvaro Rubio placed in charge on a temporary basis.

Rubio guided the team to a 4-2 success over Real Avila in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday night, and the Spaniard will again be at the helm this weekend, as the club search for a permanent replacement for Pezzolano.

There is no getting away from the fact that it has been a tough season for the White and Violets, who are currently bottom of the La Liga table, picking up just nine points from their opening 15 matches of the campaign.

Real Valladolid have the worst defensive record in La Liga this term, conceding 32 times in their 15 matches, but it is not quite time to hit the panic button, as just four points separate them from 17th-placed Getafe.

The visitors have only picked up one point from their last five league games, but they have been victorious on their travels in Spain's top flight this term, beating Alaves in a five-goal thriller in the middle of October.

Las Palmas possible starting lineup:

Cillessen; Rozada, Suarez, McKenna, Marmol; K Rodriguez, Campana; Sandro, Munoz, Moleiro; Silva

Real Valladolid possible starting lineup:

Hein; Perez, Bah, Comert, J Sanchez, Rosa; I Sanchez, De la Hoz, Perez, Moro; Latasa