In a weekend match on Sunday Feb 5th, in week 20, Mallorca hosts Real Madrid in a meeting of these two mismatched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 10th placed Mallorca is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Cádiz. Theo Bongonda scored the first goal for Cádiz in the 10th minute, then Fernandez Iglesias added another in the 38th minute from the penalty spot In the end, Mallorca was frustrated by Cádiz’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cádiz ended the match with the shutout victory. Mallorca is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while real Madrid is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Sociedad. Real Madrid had 20 on net, and Real Sociedad had 11, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Real Madrid should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Real Madrid won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of almost 55000 jubilant fans. Vedat Muriqi struck first for Mallorca in the 35th minute on a feed from Lee Kang-In, but Federico Valverde got the equalizer for Real Madrid in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback in the 72nd minute on a goal by Vinícius Júnior to cap off a wild match.
Real Madrid’s most prolific scorer has been Karim Benzema. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Mallorca hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Abdón Prats and Dani Rodríguez, and they each have 1 goal
Mallorca will be without Lee Kang-In, while Carlo Ancelotti’s squad will be without Aurelien Tchouameni, Eden Hazard, Ferland Mendy, Carvajal and Lucas Vázquez.