Las Palmas 1-1 Real Madrid: Mbappe fires blank as Lacklustre Blancos draw again

Kylian Mbappe's scoreless run went on as lacklustre Real Madrid dropped points again in their away trip to Las Palmas.

For the second successive away match, Real Madrid have dropped points. They were held in Son Moix on MD1, and 11 days later, they have played out a disappointing 1-1 draw against Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.

Carlo Ancelotti opted to bring in Lucas Vazquez, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modric and Brahim Diaz to the side that defeated Real Valladolid on Sunday, but withing five minutes of kick-off, Real Madrid were behind. 

A dazzling run from Alberto Moleiro saw him ease away from Aurelien Tchouameni and Eder Militao before firing across Thibaut Courtois into the far corner.

It stayed 1-0 until half time, and soon into the second period, Sandro Ramirez missed a guilt-edged chance to make it two. He was made to pay, as on 68 minutes, Vinicius Junior scored from the penalty spot after a handball inside the area.

Las Palmas had the ball in the net late on, but it was ruled out for offside. Real Madrid could not find a winner either, meaning that it ended all-square. More dropped points for Los Blancos, and star signing Kylian Mbappe has still to get off the mark in La Liga.

Vinicius has now scored all his four penalties for Real Madrid in all competitions, all of which have come in 2024. 

The Brazilian looked Los Blancos' biggest threat in the forward areas, contributing an expected goals (xG) of 1.23 to Madrid's 2.81 total. 

However, it was another night to forget for Mbappe. The Frenchman is the player in the top five European Leagues this season who has had the most shots this term (17) and who has the worst difference between xG (1.8) and goals scored (none).

Match Events

5' Alberto Moleiro shock visitors with 5 MINUTESGOAL! Las Palmas 1-0 Real Madrid

9' BLOCKED! Vinicius attempt blocked by defender

24' CLOSE! Valverde's free kick is saved by goalkeeper

28' Mbappe's shot after a long run was saved by the goalkeeper

37' CLOSE! Rüdiger’s long shot is saved

40' Mendy booked yellow card for a foul

46' Substitution! Rodrygo & Fran Garcia in, Brahim & Mendy out

50' Vinicius Jr's shot saved by goalkeeper

55' Mbappé’s shot saved & Vini Jr with a difficult header on the rebound goes wide

63' Modric out, Guler on!

69' Vinicius Jr nets penalty to help visitors equalizes! Las Palmas 1-1 Real Madrid

72' Vinicius Jr’s shot goes wide out!

80' Mbappe's shot by left foot goes over

85' Highlight from Las Palmas vs Real Madrid

88' Match Event for Las Palmas vs Real Madrid

Line-ups

Las Palmas XI: Cillessen, Campana, S.Ramírez, Munoz, Scott McKenna, McBurnie, Alex Suárez, Kirian Rodríguez, Mika Mármol, Alberto Moleiro, Marvin Park

Subs: Jaime Mata, Álex Muñoz, Viti Rozada, Marc Cardona, Ramírez, Manu Fuster, F.González, Iván Gil, Loiodice, Álvaro Killane, Juanma Herzog, Aboubacar Bassinga

Real Madrid XI: Modric, Courtois, Rudiger, Vazquez, F Mendy, Mbappe, Valverde, Militao, Brahim, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius

Subs: Carvajal, Ceballos, Andriy Lunin, Fran García, Rodrygo, Arda Güler, Endrick, Fran González, Jacobo Ramón