FC Barcelona

vs

Real Mallorca

Preview

Barcelona

• Barcelona have been completely dominant at the top of LaLiga in 2025/2026 and there is no sign of any wobble with four wins in a row in all competitions heading into the New Year.
• Hans-Dieter Flick has been the catalyst for their rise to the top of the table since his appointment in May 2024.
• Hans-Dieter Flick’s side has won all 10 of their LaLiga home games this season, scoring an average of 3.10 goals per outing.

Real Mallorca

• Jagoba Arrasate’s men have won two and lost three of their last five matches, going down 3-0 away to Atletico Madrid but then beating Sevilla 4-1 at home to boost their morale.
• They are unlikely to come out and run at the champions because they are a club that sets up a deep, disciplined block, pressing with selectivity, and looking to counter attack or hit a long ball when the chance arrives.

Head-to-Head

• Barcelona have won four of the last five head-to-head meetings (D1) including a 3-0 win in LaLiga 2025/2026 five months ago.
• Real Mallorca have lost eight of their last 11 LaLiga away games (W1, D2), conceding 20 goals.

Key Players

• Vedat Muriqi is Mallorca’s most dangerous player and the Montenegrin is their most prolific striker with 15 goals in 21 LaLiga games this term.
• Ferran Torres is Barca’s top scorer with 12 goals in 20 appearances in this year’s competition and he is just the type of forward to make runs off the shoulder of the defensive line and pull players out of position, so we’ll take him to get on the scoresheet.

Betting Insights

• Barcelona are 1.16 favourites to win this and Mallorca are the big underdogs, which tells you everything about how this clash is expected to go.
• Over 2.5 goals is set at 1.25, which seems very low for a match-up that pits two contrasting philosophies.

Prediction

• But while the bookies think Mallorca have a chance of taking a point, we’re going to take Barca to win at even odds.
• Barca should win with ease and claim all three points in front of their fans.