Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Atlético Madrid welcomes Mallorca

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 03.July
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Atlético Madrid leading Mallorca by 30 points.

It's no vacation for neither Atlético Madrid nor Mallorca as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

The season is still full of potential for Atlético as they can still win the whole La Liga. Mallorca are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. 10 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games. Atlético haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Real Madrid, 153 days ago. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Atlético after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Atlético Madrid drew their last game, 2-2 away at Barcelona (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Atlético won a home game hosting Deportivo Alaves (2-1).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atlético home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Atlético after this match as they are travelling to Celta de Vigo for a La Liga game in only four days.

The Atlético fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. Atlético Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 16 matches.

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Mallorca form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mallorca, who have the most conceded goals (56) in La Liga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-13 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Mallorca are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Mallorca had fun at their own home (Estadio Wanda Metropolitano) last time out, beating Celta de Vigo 5-1. Cucho Hernández, Alejandro Pozo, Salva Sevilla and Ante Budimir (2) scored. A 1-3 defeat away at Athletic Club before that.

As you can tell from the results above, Mallorca was very dominant against Celta de Vigo, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Cucho Hernández, Alejandro Pozo, Salva Sevilla and Ante Budimir (2) providing the goals. Mallorca goalie Manolo Reina was high and low in the Celta de Vigo game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.

You'll want to know how Mallorca managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Mallorca, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mallorca - Atlético Madrid 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Atlético victories, four draws and three Mallorca wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MallorcaA. Budimir
A. Budimir
12 goals
Atlético MadridS. Ñíguez Esclapez
S. Ñíguez Esclapez
6 goals
AtléticoJ. Sequeira
J. Sequeira
6 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Mallorca missing players

Atlético Madrid Mallorca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 16 33
15 10 4 Won W 0 1 8
14 5 2 Drew D 0 2 5
4 1 0 Lost L 4 13 20
43 23 9 Scored S 4 13 35
25 10 4 Conceded C 12 36 56
85% 81% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
64% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 70%
30% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 48%
21% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 30%
6% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 15%
45% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 42%
42% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
27% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 48%
 
5.2 6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.5
4.8 3.7 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.2 4.7
2.5 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
414 235 95 Total Shots T S 42 168 345
134 77 28 Shots on Target S O 14 50 109
32% 30% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 32%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
  • Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Mallorca has the fewest points (5) away
  • Mallorca has the fewest points from losing position (2)
  • Mallorca has the most conceded goals (56)
  • Mallorca has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
  • Mallorca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mallorca have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Mallorca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mallorca haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 32 21 8 3 60 21 16 12 4 0 35 10 16 9 4 3 25 11 39 71
2 Barcelona 33 21 7 5 74 35 17 15 2 0 50 14 16 6 5 5 24 21 39 70
3 Atlético Madrid 33 15 14 4 43 25 16 10 5 1 23 10 17 5 9 3 20 15 18 59
4 Sevilla 33 15 12 6 48 33 16 7 7 2 22 14 17 8 5 4 26 19 15 57
5 Getafe 32 14 10 8 42 30 17 8 6 3 24 15 15 6 4 5 18 15 12 52
6 Villarreal 32 15 6 11 51 40 16 8 5 3 31 19 16 7 1 8 20 21 11 51
7 Real Sociedad 32 14 5 13 48 41 16 8 3 5 29 16 16 6 2 8 19 25 7 47
8 Valencia 32 12 10 10 41 46 16 9 7 0 26 13 16 3 3 10 15 33 -5 46
9 Athletic Club 32 11 12 9 36 28 16 9 4 3 20 9 16 2 8 6 16 19 8 45
10 Granada 32 12 7 13 38 38 16 9 2 5 19 12 16 3 5 8 19 26 0 43
11 Osasuna 32 10 11 11 38 47 16 6 5 5 22 26 16 4 6 6 16 21 -9 41
12 Levante 32 12 5 15 41 46 16 8 4 4 24 16 16 4 1 11 17 30 -5 41
13 Real Betis 32 9 10 13 43 52 16 8 4 4 30 23 16 1 6 9 13 29 -9 37
14 Eibar 32 9 8 15 34 48 16 7 2 7 22 22 16 2 6 8 12 26 -14 35
15 Deportivo Alaves 32 9 8 15 32 48 16 7 5 4 20 12 16 2 3 11 12 36 -16 35
16 Real Valladolid 32 7 14 11 27 37 15 3 9 3 15 14 17 4 5 8 12 23 -10 35
17 Celta de Vigo 33 7 13 13 32 42 16 5 6 5 18 15 17 2 7 8 14 27 -10 34
18 Mallorca 33 8 5 20 35 56 17 7 3 7 22 20 16 1 2 13 13 36 -21 29
19 Leganes 33 5 10 18 24 49 17 4 4 9 14 24 16 1 6 9 10 25 -25 25
20 Espanyol 32 5 9 18 26 51 16 2 5 9 15 28 16 3 4 9 11 23 -25 24

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.