On Saturday Oct 1st, in week 7, Barcelona will travel to Palma de Mallorca to battle Mallorca in a clash of the La Liga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 10th placed Mallorca, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Almería. Pablo Maffeo scored the first goal for Mallorca in the 25th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Almería was frustrated by Mallorca’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mallorca ended the match with the shutout victory. Mallorca is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while barcelona is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Elche. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Barcelona in the 34th minute on a feed from Alejandro Balde Martinez, then Memphis Depay added another in the 41st minute In the end, Elche was frustrated by Barcelona’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Barcelona ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Barcelona should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Barcelona won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Robert Lewandowski has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored seven goals for Barcelona. Mallorca’s most prolific scorer has been Vedat Muriqi. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches
Amath Ndiaye, Rodrigo Battaglia, Tino Kadewere and Greif are unavailable to play for Javier Aguirre Onaindía’s team, while Sergi Roberto is unavailable to play for Xavier Hernández Creus’s team.