Villarreal vs Mallorca prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2025-11-21 20:00.
[p]More than just personal pride will be at stake when Marcelino’s Villarreal host Jagoba Arrasate’s Mallorca on matchday 13 in La Liga.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Three successive La Liga victories without conceding before the international break cemented Villarreal’s position inside the La Liga top four. Extending that winning run this weekend would see them record their longest such run since December 2014, when head coach Marcelino was not long into his first stint in charge of the Yellow Submarine and had already beaten current Mallorca boss Arrasate twice. Nigh on 11 years later, Marcelino is still yet to lose a La Liga match in the dugout against Arrasate (W7, D2), and few would bet against that run extending at home, where Villarreal are unbeaten in 12 La Liga games (W9, D3).[/p]
[p]Arrasate’s Mallorca side have lost only one of their last four La Liga games (W2, D1), but their lowly league position in the table illustrates just how poor their start to the campaign has been on the whole. After failing to win any of their first six games (D2, L4), the Pirates remain ominously close to the relegation zone and are six points worse off than they were at this stage last season. Their recent uptick in form may well have saved Arrasate’s job, but Mallorca must now build on those improvements, and recording back-to-back league wins for the first time since last December after defeating Getafe 1-0 at home prior to the break would go a long way towards doing so.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Villarreal are unbeaten in the pair’s last four H2Hs (W3, D1), and could record a third consecutive La Liga victory against Mallorca for just the second time, having previously achieved the feat between 2006 and 2007.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Eleven of Villarreal’s 12 league games this term produced over 1.5 total goals.[/p]
[p]Villarreal have kept a joint-league high six clean sheets this season.[/p]
[p]Only Girona (five) received more red cards than Mallorca’s three in the first 12 rounds of the season.[/p]
[p]Mallorca opened the scoring in just one away match this La Liga season, when losing 2-1 at Real Madrid.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Gerard Moreno has scored in Villarreal’s last three La Liga games and could again feature early as all four of his goals so far this calendar year have arrived prior to half-time. After going eight months without a goal involvement, Johan Mojica has now recorded an assist in three of his last four appearances for Mallorca.[/p]
[p]Villarreal may welcome back Santiago Mouriño, Georges Mikautadze and Manor Solomon from lay-offs, while Mallorca remain without first-choice goalkeeper Leo Román.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The hosts have had the better of recent meetings, but Mallorca have been tough to beat on the road this term, so we recommend backing Villarreal to win by one goal.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]