Mallorca vs Valladolid prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-05-09 16:30.
[p]Mallorca know their dreams of ending a 22-year wait for European football will go up in smoke unless they can quickly arrest an alarming slump in form. Jagoba Arrasateâs side head into this round level on points with eighth-placed Rayo Vallecano, but theyâll be kicking themselves theyâre not bedded well inside the top eight after a run of four defeats from their last six league games has seriously harmed their chances (W1, D1).[/p]
[p]The Pirates failed to even score in four of those outings, with a 1-0 defeat to struggling Girona last time out meaning that Mallorcaâs last league goal came over 300 minutes ago. In fact, only basement boys and opponents here Real Valladolid have averaged fewer goals per game this season than Mallorca (0.91), which is a potential recipe for disaster for a side who’ve kept just one clean sheet from their last 11 home league games.[/p]
[p]The game is already up for Valladolid, who are simply playing to salvage a crumb of pride, but they arrive at Son Moix with the joint-worst away record across Europeâs traditional top-five leagues. They have lost 11 successive games on their travels across all competitions, conceding at least twice in ten of them, while picking up a paltry three points on the road all season (W1, L16). [/p]
[p]Things havenât been much better at home, and a 2-1 reversal to Barcelona last weekend, in which Ălvaro Rubioâs men took the lead, was an eighth defeat on the spin. All that hints that theyâre going to bow out of the top flight with a whimper, but history suggests fans can perhaps make the trip to Mallorca with a hint of optimism, as Valladolid have won nine of the last 13 H2Hs (D1, L3).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Mallorca will be hoping the fit again Vedat Muriqi can end their goal drought, given all seven of his club goals this season came on home soil. Valladolidâs Mario MartĂn will be watched closely by the officials, as he has picked up more red cards (three) than any other player in La Liga this season.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Valladolid have conceded a comfortable league-high 23 goals after the 75th minute in La Liga this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matt Jones[/i][/p]