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Mallorca vs. Rayo Vallecano: Spanish Championship Match Prediction
Mallorca will play against Rayo Vallecano in the tenth round on September 20. Last season, the meeting on this field ended in favor of the islanders. How well are the opponents prepared for the new round? Our experts assessed the teams' chances and prepared the best bets on the game.
Command Analysis
Mallorca
SpainCurrent form
Mallorca will be keen not to let a 2-1 defeat to Espanyol before the international break spoil what has been a generally good start to the campaign. Pirates have now won three games in a row in La Liga, something they have not done since May 2012, and their 14 points from nine away games is their best individual tally in a top-flight season since 2009/10.
It has been a great start as coach for Jagoba Arrasate, who took over in the summer and left fans dreaming of qualifying for European football for the first time in more than 20 years. However, if they are to maintain that momentum, Mallorca would do well to improve their performance at Son Moix, having won just one of their last five ties on home soil.
Disqualifications and injuries
Llabres (muscle injury), Asano (hip injury) and Van der Heyden (muscle injury) will be out of the fight.
Interesting trends for betting
Mallorca veteran Dani Rodriguez had scored ten of his last 13 goals before the break, including two in victories for his side this season, although both came on the road.
Mallorca are one of only two teams in La Liga yet to drop a point after scoring their first goal of the season, while Rayo Vallecano have recovered six points from 1-0 down.
Estimated line-up : Greif - Mojica, Copete, Raillo, Morey - Lato, Darder, Samu, Morlanes, Larin - Prats.
Rayo Vallecano
SpainCurrent form
Standing in the islanders' way today are Rayo Vallecano, whose current run of five games without defeat is their longest in La Liga since November. The last of those matches was a 2-1 success at Real Valladolid, when two second-half goals from Jorge de Frutos helped the Red Stripes come back to win a league match for the second time this season.
That leaves Inigo Perez side just one point behind Mallorca in the table, although the manager is trying to contain his excitement as the Giants seek their first finish in the top half of La Liga in 12 years.
Disqualifications and injuries
Out of action are Espino (foot injury), Chavarria (muscle injury) and Mendes (injury).
Interesting trends for betting
Chasing glory will be Rayo Vallecano De Frutos, whose double against Valladolid means he has won each of the last eight matches in which he has scored.
The Madrid side have lost four of their last five league matches against Sunday opponents, conceding at least two goals in each of those matches.
Probable line-up : Cardenas - Lejeune, Ratiu, Mumin, Balliu - Ciss, Lopez, Embarba, Trejo - Nteko.
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:1
Two of the last five head-to-head matches ended with this score
9.55Bet Goals in both halves - yes
In the last two matches, the guests scored goals in two halves
1.89Bet Corners: total over 9.5
In Mallorca last two matches, this scenario was realized
2.15Penalty bet (yes)
In three of the last nine matches of the visitors, such a bet took place
2.75Tip and bets
Mallorca statistics are simply depressing for football fans, but the team made a good result at the start. The guests have enough problems in defense, which will ultimately give them the opportunity to please with an abundance of attacks and scoring chances. We assume that today there will be good implementation, which will bring a productive result, as it was in four of the last five face-to-face duels.
Our forecast is total over 2.5 goals and we bet on it for 2.04
Bet on total
We believe that the hosts will have a good chance to win today. Yes, the visitors will simply not give up tournament points, while we see that Rayo Vallecano sometimes puts up good fights. There is a problem - Mallorca copes well with strong opponents, often "draining" points to weaker ones.
Prediction: Mallorca win and we bet on it with odds of 2.10
Bet on corners
Most likely, the abundance of attacks and the desire to get to the goal will bring a lot of set pieces. In addition, we believe that breakthroughs through the flanks will lead to a large number of corner kicks.
Forecast - total corners over nine. This option can be found for 1.94
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