On Sunday Jan 2nd, Mallorca plays host to Barcelona in a clash of the La Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Mallorca recorded a 1-4 loss against Granada. Jorge Molina struck first for Granada in the 20th minute, then Dani Rodríguez tied it up for Mallorca in the 24th minute on a feed from Jaume Costa. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Barcelona is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sevilla. Alejandro Gómez scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 32nd minute, but Ronald Araujo got the equalizer for Barcelona in the 45th minute earning them at least the one point. Barcelona is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Barcelona’s most prolific scorer has been Nicolas Gonzalez Iglesias. The Spanish midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Ángel has been the most prolific scorer on Mallorca in the last 5 matches with three goals
Luis García Plaza’s Mallorca squad will be without Amath Ndiaye, Lago Júnior, Raillo, Joan Sastre, Franco Russo and Dominik Greif, while Xavier Hernández Creus’s Barcelona squad will be without Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets, Ansu Fati and Pedro Gonzalez Lopez.