On Jan 22nd, Villarreal will host Mallorca at Estadio De La Cerámica in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Villarreal recorded a 0-1 loss against Elche. Lucas Boyé struck first for Elche in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Villarreal couldn’t manage to score, and Elche took the shutout win. Villarreal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 16th placed Mallorca is fresh off their 2-1 win against Espanyol. Takefusa Kubo struck first for Mallorca in the 32nd minute, then Abdón Prats added another in the 60th minute on a feed from Salva Sevilla. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Mallorca should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Iberostar Estadi, Mallorca and Villarreal battled to a 0-0 draw. Mallorca had 13 on net, and Villarreal had 11, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Mallorca is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Dani Rodríguez and Ángel each only have 1 goal in their last five. Villarreal is glad to have Gerard Moreno in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
Arnaut Danjuma, Paco Alcácer and Rubén Peña are unavailable to play for Villarreal, while Luis García Plaza’s Mallorca squad will be without Amath Ndiaye, Raillo and Greif.