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Two more for today for the moment, I fancy Elche to get something from Las Palmas. Elche have quite a few players out injured - Bouchard, Alberto Ruiz, Suarez and Pérez, but all of those bar Pérez missed out last week too, when they beat Sporting 1-0. They have Mario Gómez back from injury, while Pere Martí is available, although he hasn't been training all week.

Las Palmas will be without Nacho González, their first choice keeper so far this season, although it seems they were already considering making a change anyway, so his injury just settled the issue for them. Pindado will come in for his league debut. They'll also be without Arriaga up front.

I think Elche are in a bit of a false position, they've put in some decent performances, but lapses in concentration have cost them. They got a draw at Alaves, and only lost 3-2 at Numancia, after throwing away a 2-1 lead. They've scored in all 4 games so far this season, and if they can cut out the defensive mistakes (and they've kept 2 successive clean sheets now, although one of them was in the cup), they stand a good chance in this one.

Las Palmas have only managed to score in one (league) game so far, a 2-1 win over Lorca, conceding 7 in those 4 games, and their last league game saw them produce a terrible performance, going down 3-0 to fellow new-boys Ponferradina, and according to the reports it could've been an even heavier defeat.

Las Palmas v Elche (DNB) @ 2.37 2pts

And one more bet for today in the Segunda - Ciudad de Murcia to beat Ponferradina. CdM don't have any new selection problems, although they're still without long-term injury victim Assemoassa. Ponferradina will be without Toñin and Nacho. CdM are yet to concede at home this season, while Ponferradina are yet to score away. "AS" points out that Ponferradina have had a lot of travelling, with a 1000 mile round trip to Elche and back on Wednesday followed by another 500 mile trip down to Murcia this weekend. 15 players in this weekend's squad were involved in the trip to Elche, and tiredness may be an issue for them after so much travelling.

CdM's manager has said he prefers playing against the so-called bigger teams, as there's less pressure, he thinks games like this are a potential banana skin. However, if CdM are to have any chance of repeating last season's 4th place (they only missed promotion to the Primera by 2 points), these are the kind of games they have to be winning.

Ciudad de Murcia v Ponferradina @ 1.80 3pts