The UD Ibiza and the UD Las Palmas face each other this Sunday (4:15 p.m. at Can Misses/Movistar LaLiga) in a duel between teams that bet for him colorful football and attack. The pitiusos, who have not yet lost at home this year, want to stop a canary block coming on a rollsince they have added four wins and a draw in the last five games (follow the match live on AS.com).
The Balearic setIn addition, it will try to recover from the defeat suffered last weekend in El Plantío against the Burgos (2-1). Away from home, the sky-blues have recently shown themselves to be a vulnerable adversarybut how local they transform to make things difficult for anyone, even uptown rivals. He attested to it Eibarleader of the championship, who bit the dust two weekends ago in Ibiza, falling 2-0.
With the ‘play-off’ for promotion to First already impossible, although mathematics still allows it, the Ibiza I might close mathematically a permanence which is already virtual. This Saturday Real Sociedad B and Amorebieta met, who are third and fourth from bottom in the relegation zone. The Donostiarra subsidiary won by 2-1 and the Ibiza is now 13 points from both. Therefore, if they win this Sunday they could have an advantage of 16 when they would have 15 points left to play. The permanence would already be a factAlso with numbers. Play again the upcoming campaign in professional football is quite an achievement for a debutant team in LaLiga SmartBankwho now intends to be as high as possible in a competition that is demanding and very complicated.
The ibiza arrives to this duel with low from Serge Castell, his second top scorer on the team with nine goals to his credit. The Madrid striker has already been away for several games due to some physical discomfort that have slowed down its trajectory. He was named the best player for January in LaLiga SmartBank, but in the following months he lost steam, weighed down by plantar fasciitis. The witness has picked it up Christian Herrerawho lives a moment in a spectacular way. The canary, born precisely in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, has already ten goals this course, eight of which have been added in the second round. His is now the scoring flag in Ibiza.
Nor will it bealso for physical reasons, the Cordovan Javier Lara, as announced by Paco Jémez, coach of Ibiza, at a press conference this Saturday. midfielder recently suffered a stroke and the technician prefers do not risk to avoid greater evils, so Montoro’s will not enter the call. they arrive warned of sanction the goalkeeper German and the defenders Creeps Y Cifuentes. The starting eleven probably won’t vary much from the one presented against Burgos, with the forced absence of Lara.
For its part, the palms moves to Ibiza with conflicting feelings until a certain point. It is true that they are in a great moment, as evidenced by the fact that they have won 13 of the last 15 points. Also, if he wins on the Pitiusa island he will match his best streak of the season. Nevertheless, that last draw in Eibar, 2-2, stopped their climb towards the playoffs. Now he lies three points away from it and, except for a scandalous win in his favor and against Oviedo, he will remain out of them for another week.
In any case, the improvement of the team is palpable, with an almost immovable main block of soccer players. For this reason, unless there is a last-minute problem, it will remain Valleys in the goal. Lemos Y cardona are the heads of the sides, while Coconut, Navas Y Curbelo they bid for the center of the defense, with the first two with a slight advantage.
With Mfulu as an anchorKirian and Moleiro have become strong as frillshaving stuck to them, a little higher, to Jonathan Veraperhaps the most decisive footballer in the category. “His level is totally above the Second Division average”, said this week Paco Jémez, his coach at both UD Las Palmas and Rayo. The line of attack will be completed Jesse and, barring unforeseen, sadiku. Loiodice, Hernâni and Peñaranda, who are recovering from their injuries, are absent from the yellow team.