Atletico Madrid
- Atletico Madrid are unbeaten in LaLiga at home, winning nine and drawing one of their ten games at the Wanda Metropolitano.
- Atletico Madrid’s 1-1 draw at Mallorca in LaLiga four months ago is a distant memory as Oscar Fernandez’s side have become even more potent on their own patch since then.
- Atleti are a possession-based side with fluidity and creativity in their half-space runners, but have learned to press in unison and defend in well-coordinated phases.
- Fernandez’s tweaks have given a bit more freedom to the likes of Julian Alvarez, who has seven LaLiga goals from 20 appearances, and Alexander Soerloth, who has three of Atletico’s seven goals in their last five games.
Real Mallorca
- Real Mallorca have won just one, drawn two and lost seven of their 10 LaLiga away games this season.
- The visitors have been much improved since early season and broke a run of LaLiga defeats by beating Athletic Bilbao 3-2 at Son Moix last weekend.
- Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca’s talisman, is their leading LaLiga scorer with 14 goals from 19 games and his record of five of Mallorca’s six goals in their last five games shows he is on form again.
- Mallorca have failed to win their previous two away visits to Atleti and there is little to suggest they can improve on that sequence in this game.
Head-to-Head
Atletico Madrid have won four and drawn one of the last five LaLiga games between the clubs.
Key Players
- Fernandez’s tweaks have given a bit more freedom to the likes of Julian Alvarez, who has seven LaLiga goals from 20 appearances, and Alexander Soerloth, who has three of Atletico’s seven goals in their last five games.
- Vedat Muriqi, Mallorca’s talisman, is their leading LaLiga scorer with 14 goals from 19 games and his record of five of Mallorca’s six goals in their last five games shows he is on form again.
Betting Insights
- The bookies have Atleti as heavy favorites at 1.29 with Mallorca distant outsiders at 9.0.
- Over 2.5 Goals at 1.65 looks good enough here given Atleti are averaging 2.3 goals per game at home in LaLiga, hitting 23 at the Wanda, while Mallorca have shipped 17 in 10 away LaLiga fixtures.
