Our prediction for this Segunda Division match:
Tenerife
Match Time & Date:
02/01/2022
21:30
Prediction: 2-2
Las Palmas
All eyes will be on Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez when Tenerife and Las Palmas face each other in the Canary Islands derby. Los Insulares aim to build on a 2-0 win over Zaragoza, but this game will be anything but a walk in the park for the hosts. Tenerife boss is unlikely to make changes to the team that defeated los Blanquillos, meaning that Enric and Shashoua should be deployed up front in the 4-4-2 formation.
La Union Deportiva, on the other hand, aim to climb to Segunda Division playoffs berth. Considering that Las Palmas will go for a win in the Canary Islands derby as well, both teams to score betting option should be considered. New signing Hernani is unlikely to feature for Las Palmas in Sunday’s showdown. In their last meeting at the venue the two teams played out a 1-1 draw.
Highlighted Player (Raul Fernandez):
Born in Bilbao, Spain on March 13, 1988 Raul Fernandez is a 196-cm-tall goalkeeper who plays for La Liga side Levante. Fernandez played for the youth team of his home-town club Athletic Bilbao from 1998 to 2006 and he began his senior career at fellow Basque outfit Basconia. After making 29 appearances for the club in the 2006/2007 season Raul Fernandez returned to Athletic Bilbao in 2007 and it has to be noted that he played 19 games for the reserve team.
After spending the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons on loan at Conquense and Granada respectively the Spanish shoot-stopper started playing for Athletic Bilbao at senior level, but he made only five appearances for the Lions in La Liga.
In 2013 Raul Fernandez was loaned to Numancia and after ending his loan spell with los Rojillos he moved to Raving Santander. Nowadays the Basque footballer is a part of La Liga team Levante and you should know that he managed to keep 17 clean sheets in 33 appearances for los Levantinos in the 2016/2017 Segunda Division campaign.
Highlighted Team (Las Palmas):
Las Palmas are a Spanish football club based in the Canary Islands. The club was founded on 22 August, 1949. Los Amarillos play in Spanish La Liga and the team’s home ground is Estadio Gran Canaria. The stadium was opened in 2003 and it’s current capacity is 32,150. Miguel Angel Ramirez is the club’s chairman and the club’s main rivals are Tenerife.
Las Palmas impressed in the 2015/2016 La liga campaign, with the team finishing the season in 11th place in the standings. However, it has to be noted that los Amarillos finished the 1968/1969 Primera Division campaign in second place in the table, 11 points behind Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Speaking of Copa del Rey, Las Palmas made it to the final of the Spanish Cup in 1978. Las Palmas eliminated Sporting Gijon in the semis (5-3), but Barcelona outplayed los Amarillos in the title game (3-1).
