Mallorca vs Atletico Madrid preview & prediction

Match preview

Top-flight Mallorca will host Atlético Madrid at Son Moix on Wednesday, continuing their bid to secure an unlikely top-half place in La Liga.

The home side excellently beat Villarreal 2-0 on Sunday, while the visitors were once again disappointed to have a 1-1 draw to Espanyol 10 man squad.

After avoiding relegation by one point Only last season, Mallorca’s Wise Work in the summer transfer window had a team-changing impact.

Experienced head coach Javier Aguirre has made the island nation much harder to beat this time around, with a switch to a five-man defence that helps make the most of talented players.

Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, can’t seem to rest at the moment, as they have gone four games without a win with a disappointing draw with Espanyol.

Diego Simeone’s men played more than an hour of the 10-man match but were still lagging behind at the Civitas Metropolitano when Sergi Darder pulled off a cross to perform an acrobatic volley past Jan Oblak .

Just a few days after a lacklustre loss to Porto, they have secured the bottom of the Champions League table.

Despite the disappointing decline, Atletico are still third in La Liga, level on points with Real Betis after a draw with Derbi Sevillano, but 10 points behind leaders Barcelona.

The team from the capital will probably not choose the trip to Mallorca as an ideal rendezvous to regain strength in La Liga. However, with five wins out of seven on the road, they could be happy to feature in their last game before the World Cup ends.

Mallorca vs. Atletico Madrid H2H

Mallorca	1 – 0	Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid	1 – 2	Mallorca
Atletico Madrid	3 – 0	Mallorca
Mallorca	0 – 2	Atletico Madrid

Mallorca vs. Atletico Madrid form guide

Mallorca’s last 5 games – WDWLL

Villarreal	0 – 2	Mallorca
Mallorca	1 – 1	Espanyol
Valencia	1 – 2	Mallorca
Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Mallorca
Mallorca	0 – 1	Sevilla

Atletico Madrid’s last 5 games – DLLDW

Atletico Madrid	1 – 1	Espanyol
FC Porto	2 – 1	Atletico Madrid
Cadiz	3 – 2	Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid	2 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen
Real Betis	1 – 2	Atletico Madrid

Key facts

These two teams have met 14 times in the last few seasons
Out of their last 14 meetings, RCD Mallorca have won 5 and Atlético Madrid have won 5, Four games between the two ended in draws.
4 out of Atletico Madrid’s last 5 games ended in over 2.5
RCD Mallorca are very bad at home, but Atlético Madrid are very good away.
Just 1 of Mallorca’s last 5 games ended in 2.5. However, 2 games ended in both to score.