He Valencia Visit this Saturday to Las Palmas On Day 34 of LaLiga with a fact that weighs like a slab: he has not won on the island for 23 years. Since that triumph in the 2001-02 season, when the Che proclaimed league champions, everything has been defeats in their visits to the yellow fief.
The last time the Valencianists left with the three points was thanks to an early goal goal in minute 7 in the Insular Stadium. Since then, already in the Gran Canaria StadiumThey have fallen into their four subsequent displacements. The reunion between both teams after several years without matching occurred in 2015-16, with 2-1 defeat. In the next two league visits, the score was 3-1 (2016-17) and 2-1 (2017-18), respectively.
The most recent, in the last season (2023-24), also ended in 2-0 defeat, in a duel marked by the local glue in the final minutes. He Valencia He arrived in full European struggle (seventh with 35 points), but ended up surpassed by the goals of Álex Suárez (89 ') and Marc Cardona (95'), in what was practically all the danger generated by García Pimienta.
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The history in Canarian territory is not encouraging: in 34 league games on the island, the balance is 21 local victories, 6 draws and only 7 Valencian triumphs. A negative streak that the Valencia He will try to break this Saturday to continue his good dynamics and leave behind two decades of frustrations in Gran Canaria. Meanwhile, these statistics will cling to the Canaries in their struggle for permanence.
