Real Madrid takes on Las Palmas in a La Liga match on Thursday in Gran Canaria with the goal of winning back-to-back games.
On matchday two, the defending La Liga champions easily defeated Real Valladolia, while Las Palmas was narrowly defeated by Leganes.
Over the summer, Real Madrid made some significant roster changes. Toni Kroos announced his retirement from the game, while Kylian Mbappe and Endrick were unveiled as their key acquisitions.
Mbappe scored his first goal for Real Madrid in the team’s UEFA Super Cup victory over Atalanta BC, but he has failed to score in his first two La Liga games.
After a painful 1-1 draw away to Mallorca to start the league season, Los Blancos cruised to a 3-0 victory at home over newly promoted Real Valladolid thanks to a solid second half showing.
Endrick, then eighteen, became the youngest Real Madrid player to score on his La Liga debut in the twenty-first century when he came off the bench to add a third goal after goals from Federico Valverde and Brahim Diaz set the stage.
After losing to city rivals Atletico Madrid in September 2023, Carlo Ancelotti’s team has now won 34 straight top-flight games without a loss.
Real Madrid will now head to Gran Canaria in an attempt to win on the road for the first time this season. Having defeated Las Palmas four times before, including on the road in January, they should have a good chance of taking all three points.
This season, Garcia Pimienta took over at Sevilla, ending his two-and-a-half-year tenure as manager of Las Palmas.
After coming agonizingly close to leading
Real Oviedo to victory in the Segunda
Division playoffs the previous season, Luis Carrion was named Pimienta’s
replacement.
A playoff final loss to Espanyol may have dashed Oviedo’s hopes of winning La Liga, but Carrion has now had his first chance to demonstrate his managing abilities in the top division of the game as a coach.
Carrion’s tenure as a La Liga manager has, regrettably, started poorly, as his team has only managed to gain one point from their opening two games.
Their league winless streak now stands at 16 games after they lost 2-1 away to Leganes on Sunday after playing out a 2-2 draw at home in their league opener.
In their encounter with the defending European champions on Thursday, Las Palmas will face challenges in their quest for their first La Liga victory since February, but they will also be looking to get a point against Los Blancos for the first time since their 3-3 draw in March of 2017.