Las Palmas defends its lead against Villarreal B and the Sporting-Oviedo derby in LaLiga SmartBank

The first five are separated by two points and Málaga and Ponferradina will speed up the miracle of salvation against Mirandés and Huesca

MADRID, 11 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Las Palmas will defend its leadership against Villarreal B and Sporting and Oviedo will face each other in a derby in which the locals could ensure permanence, on the fortieth day of a LaLiga SmartBank one of the most even in history, with the five first separated by only two points.

After the victory (0-1) achieved in Ipurúa, Las Palmas, equaled on 67 points with the armored team, will look for the lead alone against the threat of the ‘platoon’ of pursuers, Granada, Alavés and Levante, with 66 points first two and 65, the blaugrana. The latter closes the program on Monday against the vice bottom, UD Ibiza, relegated several days ago.

Apart from the fight for promotion between the top quintet and Albacete (62) and Cartagena (58), in dispute for the sixth place in the ‘play-off’, Málaga and Ponferradina will speed up the miracle of salvation in La Rosaleda against Mirandés and in El Alcoraz de Huesca, respectively.

The teams from Malaga and Leon are 8 and 9 points behind Sporting, Huesca and Racing with 9 to play and even a win could avoid losing category, since they need a mathematical carom from the rest of the rivals at the bottom of the table .

After this weekend, the schedule will be unified for the matches in which a place for promotion to LaLiga SmartBank is disputed, and relegation, if Málaga and Ponferradina avoid joining Lugo and Ibiza as teams that next year 2023-24 dispute the First RFEF.

— DAY 40.

– Friday the 12th.

Burgos-Leganés 21:00.

– Saturday the 13th.

Sporting-Oviedo 16:15.

Granada-Lugo 18:30.

Zaragoza-Cartagena 18:30.

Malaga-Mirandés 21:00.

– Domingo 14.

Racing-Eibar 14:00.

Andorra-Tenerife 16:15.

Huesca-Ponferradina 18:30.

Albacete-Alavés 18:30.

Las Palmas-Villarreal B 21:00.

– Monday 15.

Levante-Ibiza 21:00.