In this 35th week match, on Sat May 7th, Granada will travel to Palma de Mallorca to battle Mallorca in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Mallorca is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Barcelona. Memphis Depay struck first for Barcelona in the 25th minute, then Sergio Busquets added another in the 54th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Granada, recorded a 1-1 draw against Celta de Vigo. Antonio Puertas struck first for Celta de Vigo on an own goal in the 72nd minute, then in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Darwin Machís sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Luis Milla earning Granada a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Granada and Mallorca last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes on the 19th of December. Granada won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over 13000 excited fans. Jorge Molina struck first for Granada in the 20th minute on a feed from Luis Javier Suárez, then Dani Rodríguez tied it up for Mallorca in the 24th minute.
Granada’s top weapon lately has been Luis Milla, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Vedat Muriqi has been the most prolific scorer on Mallorca in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Javier Aguirre Onaindía’s Mallorca squad will be without Amath Ndiaye, Aleksandar Sedlar, Ruiz de Galarreta and Greif, while Granada will be without Maxime Gonalons, Neyder Lozano, Rochina and Carlos Neva.