📊 Form Guide

Mallorca

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Mallorca go into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 La Liga draw versus Cádiz.

In that game, Mallorca had 41% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For Mallorca, the scorers were Vedat Muriqi (12') and Omar Mascarell (59' Own goal). Cadiz had 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Mallorca have really struggled up front in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those games, Mallorca have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 5.

Ahead of this meeting, Mallorca haven't won against Atlético Madrid in their last 2 matches in the league.

Atlético Madrid

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Atlético Madrid will go into this game after a 3-1 La Liga win in the defeat of Athletic Bilbao in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Atlético Madrid managed 42% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Atlético Madrid, goals were scored by Rodrigo De Paul (15') and Ángel Correa (52'). Athletic Bilbao got 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. Nico Williams (45') and Unai Simón (80' Own goal) scored for Athletic Bilbao.

Atlético Madrid have regularly broken through opposing defences in their most recent fixtures, having scored 12 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Diego Simeone will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Atlético Madrid have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same games. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Heading into this contest, Atlético Madrid haven't beaten Mallorca when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 03/07/2020, there has been little to separate the clubs with Mallorca winning 3 of those games, Atlético Madrid 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

A sum of 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 of them from Los Bermellones and 8 coming from Atleti. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league game featuring the two was La Liga match day 14 on 25/11/2023 when the final score was Atlético Madrid 1-0 Mallorca.

In that game, Atlético Madrid managed 68% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Antoine Griezmann (64').

On the other side, Mallorca got 8 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Juan Martínez Munuera.

🗞️ Team News: Mallorca

The Mallorca boss Javier Aguirre doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

It seems likely that Los Bermellones may well line up in a 3-2-4-1 system this time featuring Predrag Rajkovic, Martin Valjent, Antonio Raillo, Matija Nastasic, Pablo Maffeo, Jaume Costa, Antonio Sanchez, Omar Mascarell, Samu, Daniel Rodriguez and Vedat Muriqi.

🗞️ Team News: Atlético Madrid

Due to a fully healthy squad to pick from, the Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone has no fitness worries whatsoever before this game.

There’s a good chance that Atleti appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 formation using Jan Oblak, Jose Gimenez, Axel Witsel, Mario Hermoso, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marcos Llorente, Koke, Pablo Barrios, Rodrigo Riquelme, Angel Correa and Samuel Dias Lino.

💭 Prediction

Here is a game where Mallorca will need to put in a solid display to see themselves scoring against this Atlético Madrid side who we think will be able to grind out a win.

We’ve gone for a 0-1 winning score for Atlético Madrid at the end of this game.

Let’s see what happens.

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Victor Martins, 18:02 04/05/2024