Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 1 match between Mallorca and Barcelona and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
LaLiga winner Barcelona travel to Estadi Mallorca Son Moix to face Mallorca for the first match of their title defence. No doubt the home team will be motivated by the possibility of knocking over the reigning champions.
Team form: Mallorca vs Barcelona
Mallorca Form
In their last three matches, Mallorca lost 2-1 against Real Madrid, 1-2 against Getafe and drew 0-0 with Rayo Vallecano. Mallorca claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the LaLiga. They also drew two and lost two, scored seven goals and conceded seven.
Barcelona Form
Their past three matches saw Barcelona beating Espanyol 0-2, losing 2-3 against Villarreal, and beating Athletic Club by 0-3. Barcelona are in imperial form on their travels, doing the clean sweep of six wins in six LaLiga matches. It marks them out as the best away side in this competition across the last six games. They outscored their opponents by 14 goals to three along the way.
Betting stats and facts for Mallorca and Barcelona
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Mallorca and Barcelona played across all tournaments.
- In the last 16 Mallorca matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 14 Mallorca matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 19 of the last 21 Mallorca home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 17 of the last 19 Mallorca home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Mallorca home matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Barcelona matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barcelona have won 6 of the last 7 away matches in the LaLiga while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Barcelona have won the last 4 away matches in a row in the LaLiga and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Barcelona have won the last 3 away matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 5 of the last 6 Barcelona away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Mallorca vs Barcelona
Having scored just once lately in the LaLiga, Sergi Darder will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Barcelona hope Raphinha can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three LaLiga goals in his last six LaLiga games.
Popular markets: Mallorca vs Barcelona
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix across all tournaments Mallorca won five times, drew two and lost three times. Barcelona claimed eight wins, zero draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Barcelona are on a serious roll of now 11 away matches on the spin without defeat. Barcelona have not lost to Mallorca in 9 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Mallorca only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Barcelona scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Barcelona managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Barcelona have scored in 17 consecutive meetings with Mallorca when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Mallorca, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Barcelona, who managed to hit the net 3.6 times on average in these games. Barcelona scored at least one goal in their last 20 matches.
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