La Liga: Mallorca Vs Real Madrid – Match preview

If there is a weakness in the armoury of ‘Los Blancos’ it might be their away form as they’ve won just one of their three La Liga road games this calendar year, scoring just once during that sequence.

Mallorca

Four straight La Liga losses has left Mallorca at increased risk of an immediate return to the second tier, although the last time they lost four league games in a row they hit back to win their next two league fixtures! Looking to dig themselves out of trouble again, they’ll take encouragement from last Sunday’s 4-3 defeat to Celta Vigo where it took an injury-time penalty to beat them. As 69 per cent of their La Liga points this term have come here, Mallorca will be targeting their remaining home games as must-win affairs if they’re to survive. They won the last home H2H 1-0 but the bookmakers have installed them as big outsiders for this renewal with good reason – that victory was their first here against Real Madrid in seven attempts.

Real Madrid

In fairness, hardly anybody would enter a contest against Madrid as favourites following their brilliant come-from-behind 3-1 UEFA Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain. That was their second game in a row to see them win by 2 goals despite conceding first, again highlighting the cohesion and quality that sees them well clear atop the table. If there is a weakness in the armoury of ‘Los Blancos’ it might be their away form as they’ve won just one of their three La Liga road games this calendar year, scoring just once during that sequence. Yet an average of 2.33 goals per game across their last six visits to Son Moix suggests they’ll fare better here.

Salva Sevilla has scored three of Mallorca’s last seven La Liga goals at home, all from the penalty spot as his side’s first goal of the game. Meanwhile, Madrid’s Marco Asensio has netted between the 60th and 80th minute in three of his last five La Liga appearances. Mallorca possess the league’s worst second-half record at home this term.