On the 19th of April, in this week 33 match, Deportivo Alavés will travel to Palma de Mallorca to battle Mallorca in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. 17th placed Mallorca is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Elche. Johan Mojica scored the first goal for Elche in the 42nd minute, then Pedro Bigas added another in the 58th minute In the end, Mallorca couldn’t muster any offence and Elche ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Deportivo Alavés recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Rayo Vallecano. Joselu struck first for Deportivo Alavés in the 64th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Rayo Vallecano couldn’t muster any offence and Deportivo Alavés ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Mallorca took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Fernando Niño scored the first goal for Mallorca in the 80th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Deportivo Alavés couldn’t muster any offence and Mallorca ran away with the shutout win.
Deportivo Alavés’s most prolific scorer has been Gonzalo Escalante. The Argentinian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.
Javier Aguirre Onaindía’s Mallorca squad will be without Aleksandar Sedlar, Ruiz de Galarreta and Dominik Greif, while Pere Pons and Lopez Carballo are unavailable to play for Julio Velázquez Santiago’s team.