In a mid week match in week 14, on Wed Nov 9th, Mallorca hosts Atlético Madrid at Iberostar Estadi in a clash of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Mallorca sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Espanyol. Vedat Muriqi struck first for Mallorca in the 48th minute, then in the 70th minute, Brian Oliván sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by José Carlos Lazo squeezing out at least the one point for Espanyol. Mallorca is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Atlético Madrid is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Porto. Mehdi Taremi struck first for Porto in the 5th minute, then Stephen Eustáquio added another in the 24th minute on a feed from Wenderson Galeno. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Mallorca won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Atlético Madrid’s most prolific scorer has been Antoine Griezmann. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Vedat Muriqi has been the most prolific scorer on Mallorca in the last 5 matches with three goals
Rodrigo Battaglia, Tino Kadewere, Pablo Maffeo, Dominik Greif and Javier Llabres Exposito are unavailable to play for Javier Aguirre Onaindía’s team, while Diego Pablo Simeone’s squad will be without Thomas Lemar, Koke, Llorente and Reguilón.