Cadiz CF vs Mallorca prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2024-04-27 12:00.
[p]Sunday’s La Liga action opens with a pivotal game in the fight for survival. Cádiz enter this clash with home advantage and it could be just as well as they sit six points from a position of safety occupied by upcoming opponents Mallorca. A third consecutive league defeat for the hosts could therefore all but end Cádiz’s four-year stay in Spain’s top-flight with games quickly running out.[/p]
[p]Home comforts may count for little in this particular matchup as Cádiz have won just one of the last four La Liga H2Hs here (D1, L2), and just one of their last ten top-flight clashes against Mallorca at any venue (D3, L6). Mauricio Pellegrino’s men do have some cause for cautious optimism as they have been on a minor rebound, notching up as many La Liga wins across their last five outings (W2, L3) as they did throughout a gruelling 27-game period prior (D13, L12). [/p]
[p]Mallorca’s six-point cushion to the drop zone was maintained after they followed up a heartbreaking penalties defeat against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final with two equally despondent league losses. One must look back to April 2022 to find Mallorca’s last run of at least three straight La Liga defeats, and their poor record as pre-match outsiders this league season will hardly stoke belief they can avoid that fate (W2, D8, L11).[/p]
[p]That poor win rate drops further from 10% to 6% if considering only away games as underdogs (W1, D6, L9), with their apparent inability to win against the odds being a large factor in their current position. Results at any venue against sides beginning this round ranked lower is somewhat of a positive for Mallorca (W2, D3, L1), though the majority of those games won’t go down as classics as five of six ended with two or fewer total goals. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Gonzalo Escalante may have earned a start here after scoring as a substitute last round for Cádiz. His three prior league goals were all match openers. Looking to outdo him will be one of Mallorca’s top La Liga contributors, Kosovan international Vedat Muriqi (G5, A2), although he was more recently booked in two of his last three outings. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: Mallorca have failed to win each of their last 15 La Liga away games against Andalusian sides (D4, L11). [/p]