Evenly matched teams: Mallorca vs Espanyol match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Iberoamericano 2010 (12000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 18th place.

Espanyol could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at CSKA Moskva. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Mallorca form and stats

Mallorca have collected 4 points from their La Liga home games so far after 1-1-2. Mallorca has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Vicente Moreno and the players.

Mallorca lost their last game at Deportivo Alaves (placed 14th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Atletico Madrid with the scoreline 0-2.

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 four games. Mallorca has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The lack of attacking qualities in Mallorca means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Mallorca's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Espanyol form and stats

Espanyol are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the La Liga, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Espanyol play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting CSKA Moskva. A 0-2 loss hosting Real Valladolid before that.

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 1 Espanyol win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Espanyol are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Espanyol as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mallorca 4 wins, 2 draws and Espanyol 4 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Budimir
2 goals
Dani Rodríguez
1 goals
Granero
1 goals

Mallorca missing players

Espanyol missing players

Mallorca Espanyol
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 2 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 2 2 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 0 4
4 2 0 Scored S 1 3 4
12 4 0 Conceded C 1 2 12
86% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 86%
71% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 86%
29% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 43%
14% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 14%
71% 75% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 57%
 
4.7 6.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 3.7 5.1
5.3 4.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.3 5.1
2.7 2.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Espanyol have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Espanyol have not yet lost a game away.
  • Espanyol have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Mallorca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mallorca have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Mallorca
All Segunda B - Group 1 Copa Del Rey La Liga La Liga 2 Segunda B - Group 3 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-09-19 LAL Valencia 2 - 0 Mallorca
13-09-19 LAL Mallorca 0 - 0 Athletic Club
22-09-19 LAL Getafe 4 - 2 Mallorca
25-09-19 LAL Mallorca 0 - 2 Atletico Madrid
29-09-19 LAL Deportivo Alaves 2 - 0 Mallorca
06-10-19 LAL Mallorca 10:00 Espanyol
19-10-19 LAL Mallorca 19:00 Real Madrid
26-10-19 LAL Leganes 14:00 Mallorca
31-10-19 LAL Mallorca 20:00 Osasuna
03-11-19 LAL Real Valladolid 11:00 Mallorca
Espanyol
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
19-09-19 EL Espanyol 1 - 1 Ferencvaros
22-09-19 LAL Espanyol 1 - 3 Real Sociedad
26-09-19 LAL Celta de Vigo 1 - 1 Espanyol
29-09-19 LAL Espanyol 0 - 2 Real Valladolid
03-10-19 EL CSKA Moskva 0 - 2 Espanyol
06-10-19 LAL Mallorca 10:00 Espanyol
20-10-19 LAL Espanyol 14:00 Villarreal
24-10-19 EL Ludogorets 16:55 Espanyol
27-10-19 LAL Levante 15:00 Espanyol
30-10-19 LAL Athletic Club 19:00 Espanyol

  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 7 4 3 0 12 6 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 2 2 0 6 3 6 15
2 Granada 7 4 2 1 13 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 4 2 2 0 10 5 7 14
3 Atlético Madrid 7 4 2 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 14
4 Barcelona 7 4 1 2 16 10 3 3 0 0 12 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 13
5 Real Sociedad 7 4 1 2 12 7 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 13
6 Sevilla 7 4 1 2 10 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 0 1 6 3 3 13
7 Athletic Club 7 3 3 1 7 3 4 3 0 1 5 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 12
8 Villarreal 7 3 2 2 18 11 4 2 2 0 13 7 3 1 0 2 5 4 7 11
9 Valencia 7 2 3 2 10 11 4 1 3 0 7 5 3 1 0 2 3 6 -1 9
10 Real Valladolid 7 2 3 2 7 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 5 6 -1 9
11 SD Eibar 7 2 2 3 9 9 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 0 8
12 Levante 7 2 2 3 8 9 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 3 3 7 -1 8
13 Osasuna 7 1 5 1 5 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1 8
14 Deportivo Alavés 7 2 2 3 4 7 4 2 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -3 8
15 Real Betis 7 2 2 3 10 15 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 0 1 2 3 10 -5 8
16 Getafe 7 1 4 2 10 11 4 1 2 1 6 6 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 7
17 Celta de Vigo 7 1 3 3 4 9 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 1 3 -5 6
18 Espanyol 7 1 2 4 4 12 4 0 0 4 1 10 3 1 2 0 3 2 -8 5
19 Mallorca 7 1 1 5 4 12 4 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 -8 4
20 Leganés 7 0 2 5 3 10 4 0 1 3 1 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 2

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