Eibar edged past Las Palmas 3-2 at the Estadio Ipurua Municipal in the seventh round of the Segunda División, keeping their unbeaten record intact on Sunday evening. The home side took the lead through Ander Madariaga Susaeta after just six minutes, but Las Palmas responded with two quick goals before the quarter-hour mark. By then, Valentín Alejandro Pezzolesi had levelled for the visitors, and Eibar needed to dig deep to find another equaliser themselves.
And here's the thing about this match — the momentum swung twice in the first half, but Eibar's response in the second period showed something different from their previous outings. Javier Martón Ansó nodded home a crucial goal in the sixty-second minute, and for a while it looked like the league leaders might cruise to a comfortable victory. The home crowd roared them on as the game settled into a rhythm they seemed comfortable controlling.
Las Palmas refused to lie down, though, and Jefte Betancor Sanchez pulled one back in the eighty-fifth minute after the visitors had been reduced to ten men. Iñaki González Zambrano received a red card in stoppage time, and the incident went to review, but no one could argue the decision was harsh. The crowd roared them on through the final moments, but the result was already decided despite the late drama.
The statistics tell a story of possession without penetration. Las Palmas held 51 per cent of the ball and launched 103 attacks compared to Eibar's 82, yet their expected goals figure of 0.84 sits alongside just one big chance created. Eibar, by contrast, generated 2.63 expected goals from their 49 per cent possession and converted three of their chances with reasonable efficiency. Shots accuracy told its own tale — the visitors hit the target more often, but the numbers don't capture who really threatened.
Substitutions came thick and fast in the second hour, with both managers looking to change the game or protect what they had. Eibar brought on Jesé Rodríguez, Jon Guruzeta and Aleix Garrido, while Las Palmas introduced Manu Fuster and Jesé among others. To be fair, neither side could find a winner in those final stages, and the points were shared between them in terms of momentum if not the result.
Eibar move further clear at the top of the table with this victory, extending their lead over the chasing pack. They sit on eighteen points from seven games, having suffered only one defeat all season, while Las Palmas remain in eleventh place with ten points. The gap between them is now eight points, and the hosts have opened talks about maintaining their position at the summit.
