LaLiga: Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 22 match between Atletico Madrid and Mallorca and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Atletico Madrid are highly favoured to claim a win against Mallorca, whom they face on Saturday. In their current shape, a win at Riyadh Air Metropolitano seems to be the obvious outcome.

Atletico Madrid approach round 22 as number 2 in the LaLiga table with 45 points on their account so far. With 21 rounds behind them, Mallorca have amassed 30 points, placing them as number 6 in the standings.

Team form: Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca

Atletico Madrid Form

Atletico Madrid look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Bayer Leverkusen by 2-1, before drawing 1-1 with Villarreal. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Salzburg 1-4. Atletico Madrid have been in potent form at Riyadh Air Metropolitano, winning no less than five of the past six LaLiga matches here. They remained without defeat, as they drew once, hammered in 11 goals while letting in five.

Mallorca Form

Mallorca were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 3-0 by Pontevedra. Next up, Villarreal won 4-0, before losing 0-1 against Real Betis. Mallorca claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches reads 11 goals conceded and five scored.

Betting stats for Atletico Madrid and Mallorca

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Atletico Madrid and Mallorca. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Atletico Madrid, Antoine Griezmann has been good for them over the course of the season with seven goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Mallorca, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator this coming Saturday, depending on your betting strategy.

Betting markets: Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Riyadh Air Metropolitano across all tournaments Atletico Madrid won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Mallorca claimed four wins, zero draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Atletico Madrid are on an amazing streak of now 11 games at home in a row without defeat. Atletico Madrid have not lost to Mallorca in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Atletico Madrid scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Curiously, Mallorca only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Atletico Madrid probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Saturday, as Mallorca managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed four clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Atletico Madrid have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Mallorca.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Atletico Madrid’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Mallorca, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 0.9 times goals per game themselves.