Atlético Madrid in weekend clash against Mallorca after PSG win.
Mallorca vs
Atlético Madrid
Amidst an intriguing clash of form and history, Mallorca look to shake their recent slump at home against a surging Atlético Madrid, who are eyeing their fourth consecutive victory as they chase the La Liga summit.
Mallorca
Mallorca are coming off a 1-0 loss to Alaves last Friday, leaving them without a win in two games [WLWDL]. Jon Guridi scored the game’s only goal in the 76th minute, marking Mallorca's fourth defeat of the La Liga season [5W, 3D, 4L]. This narrow defeat at Mendizorroza dropped the team into 8th place.
Sunday's game against Atlético Madrid offers Mallorca a chance to return to winning ways, banking on their positive home record against the visitors. After suffering three straight home defeats to Atlético between 2000 and 2004, Mallorca have remained unbeaten in 10 of their last 13 home matches against Los Rojiblancos [6W, 4D, 3L].
With fresher legs due to the absence of European commitments, Mallorca hopes to improve their record when they host the Mattress Makers this weekend. They are expected to line up in a 4—2—3—1 formation, featuring Vedat Muriqi in attack. Takuma Asano remains sidelined, while two others are doubtful for this fixture.
Atlético Madrid
A stoppage-time goal from Ángel Correa, who came off the bench, secured a 2-1 win for Atlético Madrid over PSG on UCL Matchday 4. This victory advanced Atlético to 23rd place with 6 points in the league phase of the competition.
Sunday’s trip to Mallorca could potentially mark the fourth consecutive victory for the visitors across all competitions, following identical 2-0 wins over Vic and Las Palmas. Atlético Madrid are currently in 3rd place with 23 points, just one point behind 2nd-placed Real Madrid, and ten points behind league leaders Barcelona.
Diego Simeone will be hoping for Osasuna to hold Real Madrid on Saturday, but Atlético must avoid defeat for any potential advantage to materialize. This should be achievable, as they have lost just one of their last nine La Liga away games.
The visitors are also enjoying a three-game winning streak against Mallorca in La Liga. A standard 4-4-2 formation with Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sørloth leading the attack is expected against Mallorca. However, Robin Le Normand remains a doubt for this fixture.
