Ruben Baraja is trying to keep things together in Valencia

Valencia vs Las PalmasMonday, October 21st, 8:00 p.mLive on Premier Sports

Our buddy Tobias failed on yesterday's matchday in Spain when Getafe earned a share of the win in Villarreal thanks to a late penalty from Mauro Arambarri. While TG makes up some rude poems about Arambarri, we travel to Spain for a fight between the bottom two.

Valencia are in second-to-last place after a poor start to the season, although it should be borne in mind that Los Che had to play against Barcelona, ​​​​Real Sociedad, Atlético Madrid and Villarreal in their first nine games. Coach Ruben Baraja deserves credit as the coach who avoided relegation and as the player who led Valencia to league success under Rafa Benitez.

It is worth noting that Valencia took five points out of six at the Mestalla, with their only win there coming against Girona. Keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is still playing well and without distractions despite his impending move to Liverpool. If you look at the last nine teams in La Liga, only two teams have a better defensive record than Valencia and they have only conceded three goals in four home games.

Without inspirational coach Garcia Pimienta, who is currently having a terrible time at Sevilla, Las Palmas were always going to struggle to repeat last season's heroics. His successor Luis Carrion didn't last long and now former Granada and Olympiacos coach Diego Martinez is at the helm.

Las Palmas have drawn three and lost six in La Liga this season and have not won a single top-flight game since mid-February. The decline has actually begun and the team from the Canary Islands have lost nine of their last eleven away games.

Given that Las Palmas have only scored nine goals in nine games and Valencia aren't exactly scoring goals either (five or more), I'm convinced that Valencia will win and score under 3.5 goals 11/10 on the sports betting. In terms of overall quality, Valencia are the better team and they are playing better than the results suggest, not least because they have had some difficult games.