Mallorca vs FC Barcelona 2023: La Liga Match Preview, Team News and Predicted Line-ups
Mallorca vs FC Barcelona will take place at the Iberostar Stadium as the hosts look to bounce back after suffering a 5-3 defeat against Girona last weekend.
That result means that Mallorca dropped to 16th in the table, having won just one of their opening 6 La Liga games.
Mallorca often opts to play in a defensive 5-4-1 formation, which would not be easy to break for Xavi’s side. The Catalan club will have to be at their very best to break the defensive structure.
Furthermore, after a defeat against Girona, Mallorca won’t play much attacking football as that may leave open spaces for Barca.
Table leaders Barcelona rotated their side against Celta Vigo as they were hoping an easy affair against them. But the visitors surprised them and took a two goal lead.
However, the match was far from over as Barcelona scored three goals, two from Lewandowski and one from Cancelo, to compete a remontada.
Moreover, after Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 3-1, and that means the Catalan giants are the new table toppers.
Mallorca vs FC Barcelona Team News
Abdon Prats has only started one game for Mallorca so far this season, but he already has three goals to his name.
So the forward could be called upon tomorrow, considering Mallorca has scored just seven goals in 6 games.
For Barcelona, Frenkie de Jong and Pedri will be out. However, Araujo has returned and will be expected to start. Alejandro Balde was rested against Celta, and he is expected to return to the starting line-up.
Oriol Romeu, Gavi, and Ilkay Gundogan will be the most likely options in midfield that Xavi will go for. Robert Lewandowski is in form right now, and may start this game alongside Ferran Torres and Raphinha.
Mallorca vs FC Barcelona Predicted line-ups
Mallorca (5-4-1): Rajkovic, Nastacic, Valjent, Van Der Heyden, Costa, Maffeo; Costa, Morianes, Darder, Rodriguez; Muriqi
FC Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen, Cancelo, Araujo, Inigo, Balde; Gavi, Gundogan, Romeu; Torres, Lewandowski, Raphinha
Prediction
Mallorca 0-2 FC Barcelona
Mallorca will defend deep and will try to make things uncomfortable for Barcelona from the get-go. The Los Piratas will try to take advantage of the Catalan giants’ high defensive line to break them on the counter. However, Barcelona are expected to win this game if they some how break Mallorca’s defence.
