Las Palmas' search for their first win of the 2024-25 La Liga campaign will continue on Saturday evening, when they welcome Celta Vigo to Estadio Gran Canaria.

The hosts are currently rock bottom of the La Liga table, having only picked up three points from their opening eight matches, while Celta are 10th, having collected 10 points from their first eight games.

Match preview

There is no getting away from the fact that it has been a tough start to the season for Las Palmas, with the team drawing three and losing five of their eight matches to collect three points, which has left them in 20th position.

Pio Pio finished 16th in Spain's top flight last term, and they are enjoying their best run at this level since 2018, but the early indications are that this will be a difficult campaign.

Luis Carrion's side actually drew two of their first three matches of the season, but they have lost four of their last five, including a 3-1 reverse to Villarreal last weekend.

Las Palmas have only been victorious in one of their last six La Liga matches against Celta, but that 2-1 success came in the corresponding fixture during the 2023-24 campaign, so they will be aiming to make it back-to-back home wins over the Sky Blues in Saturday's intriguing contest at Estadio Gran Canaria.

Celta, meanwhile, boast a record of three wins, one draw and four defeats from their first eight matches of the season to sit in 10th position, seven points above their opponents this weekend.

Claudio Giraldez's side actually won their opening two league games of the season against Alaves and Valencia, but they have only managed to record one victory since and have just one point from their last three matches.

The Sky Blues suffered successive losses to Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid before drawing 1-1 with Girona last time out, and the visitors will now be aiming to build on that result.

Celta have not been absent since Spain's top flight since 2012, claiming 13th-placed finishes in their last two campaigns, with their last top-half finish proving to be eighth in 2020-21.

Giraldez's side could move as high as eighth heading into the international break with a win here, depending on other results, which would certainly mark a successful start to the campaign.

Las Palmas possible starting lineup:

Horkas; Suarez, Herzog, Munoz, B Ramirez; Januzaj, Essugo, K Rodriguez, Moleiro; McBurnie, Silva

Celta Vigo possible starting lineup:

Guaita; J Rodriguez, Dominguez, Alonso; Carreira, Moriba, D Rodriguez, Mingueza; Aspas, Iglesias, Gonzale