Mallorca vs Barcelona prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-08-15 17:30.
[p]Barcelona will kickstart their La Liga campaign at Mallorca as they aim to become the first side in the competition to successfully defend their league title since 2018/19. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Mallorca finished tenth in La Liga last season and four points adrift of European qualification in a campaign of two halves. After 19 matches they were in the running for a top-five finish with 30 points, before their campaign fizzled out. Pablo Torre has since been signed from Barcelona and the Pirates performed strongly in pre-season, but any hopes of another European push could depend on their form at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, where they have lost just two of their last eight home league games (W3, D3).[/p]
[p]In another summer of drama at Barcelona, financial problems continue to restrict player registrations, meaning that goalkeeper Joan GarcĂa and on-loan forward Marcus Rashford do not yet have the green light to make their competitive debuts. There is confusion around Camp Nou too as the renovated stadium is still not ready, so Barça will play their first three league games of the season at least away from home. That may not be a bad thing for Hansi Flick’s side, who have won their last seven La Liga matches on the road – the club’s best such sequence since March 2021.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Mallorca are unlikely to be looking forward to this fixture, as only against Real Madrid have they lost more Spanish top-flight games than against Barcelona (W13, D11, L42). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Mallorca manager Jagoba Arrasate has lost each of his last eight games against Barcelona.[/p]
[p]Mallorca have not lost their opening game in their last nine La Liga campaigns (W4, D5), drawing the last four.[/p]
[p]Barcelona have lost their season-opening La Liga game in only one of their last 16 campaigns (W13, D2).[/p]
[p]Barcelona averaged 2.9 goals per match in their 60 games in all competitions last season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Vedat Muriqi scored Mallorca’s opener in the first half in their last two home H2Hs. On both those occasions, Muriqi’s goal was followed by a strike from Raphinha, who has netted three times in the last four editions of this fixture.[/p]
[p]Barcelona’s Marc-André ter Stegen underwent back surgery over the summer and will be out for several months, while Robert Lewandowski will also miss this fixture. Mallorca do not appear to have any major injury issues.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the eye-watering rate at which Barcelona tend to score goals, backing over 2.5 goals looks to be a sensible bet here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Sridhar Bhamidi[/i][/p]