Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mallorca & Espanyol face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Del Rey. All the pre-match information is available here!
This has all the signs of an intriguing game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Mallorca form and stats
Mallorca participated in Copa Del Rey the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Mallorca have collected 12 points from their La Liga home games so far after 2-6-2. On the other hand, in the Copa Del Rey, Mallorca has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Stress levels are on the rise for Mallorca's attacking players as they have now played 246 minutes without scoring in a league game. Rodriguez was their last goal scorer.
Mallorca faced defeat in their previous match, away at Levante (0-2). Román had a busy but productive day in the Levante match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The penalty miss from Oliván in the defeat against Levante was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. The talented striker Niño edged out all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Niño hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Copa Del Rey match versus Eibar with a 2-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Mallorca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mallorca as a small favourite), we find nine games. Mallorca has won three of these, drawn two and lost four.
Mallorca have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Mallorca have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol's mission in Copa Del Rey last season failed in the 16th finals.Espanyol have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-3-6 (10 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Del Rey stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Espanyol's previous game was their home loss versus Elche (1-2).
Ahead of that match was the Copa Del Rey away draw versus Ponferradina (after extra-time, 1-3 on penalties) that ended 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Espanyol playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Espanyol wins, two draws and four defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Cádiz.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Espanyol struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mallorca five wins, one draw and Espanyol four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 10 goals |   D. Rodríguez Vázquez 3 goals |  J. Puado Díaz 3 goals |
Mallorca missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Mallorca | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 23% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 9 | Athletic Club | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Valencia | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Granada | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Elche | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Getafe | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | Levante | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 11 |
