Mallorca vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th August 2023

The new La Liga campaign continues on Friday in a round two match between Mallorca and last season’s top six finishers Villarreal at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix.

Mallorca failed to win their La Liga opening match, when they settled for a single point on the board.

Nobody likes to come through the opening round of a new season with a defeat, but that is exactly what Villarreal had to settle for in their first match.

It is early days yet, anything can happen and both Mallorca and Villarreal are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix as the teams look to get one over each other.

Mallorca scored 12 goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Villarreal scored 22 goals, conceded 14 and held on for a clean sheet in one of their last ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Mallorca played against Villarreal. It finished 4-2 in a great match between the pair.

Mallorca vs Villarreal Prediction

Mallorca Form

Mallorca collected four points from their previous three matches, as they were defeated 3-0 against Barcelona. They retaliated in a 3-0 win against Rayo Vallecano, before drawing 1-1 with Las Palmas. Mallorca put four wins on the board in their previous six La Liga matches at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix. They drew twice while losing none, scored nine goals while conceding two.

Mallorca naturally hope for a top half position come reckoning day next spring, but experts foresee a tough battle ahead in the lower regions of the La Liga.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal only managed to gain a single point in their past three games, which kicked off with a 2-1 defeat against Rayo Vallecano. A 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid followed, before Real Betis ran out 1-2 winners. Villarreal won half their previous six away matches in the La Liga, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding eight.

While a title battle is perhaps a long shot, a top three finish does not look beyond Villarreal, should they catch some strong momentum in this early phase of the campaign.

Mallorca and Villarreal seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

Mallorca vs Villarreal Squads

Mallorca Squad

Javier Aguirre will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Villarreal from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Dominik Greif (0/0), Pere Garcia (0/0), Predrag Rajkovic (0/1), Antonio Raillo (1/1), Giovanni Gonzalez (0/1), Jaume Costa (0/1), Josep Gaya (0/0), Martin Valjent (0/1), Pablo Maffeo (0/1), Toni Lato (0/0), Antonio Sanchez (0/0), Clement Grenier (0/0), Daniel Rodriguez (0/1), Juan Emmanuel Culio (0/0), Manu Morlanes (0/1), Omar Mascarell (0/1), Samu (0/1), Sergi Darder (0/1), Siebe van der Heyden (0/0), Abdon Prats (0/0), Amath Ndiaye (0/1), Cyle Larin (0/1), Javi Llabres (0/1), Vedat Muriqi (0/1).

Villarreal Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Villarreal head coach Setien will select from for his starting XI:

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/0), Aissa Mandi (0/1), Alberto Moreno (0/1), Jorge Cuenca (1/1), Juan Foyth (0/1), Kiko (0/0), Raul Albiol (0/0), Alejandro Baena (0/1), Daniel Parejo (0/1), Denis Suarez (0/1), Etienne Capoue (0/1), Francis Coquelin (0/0), Manuel Trigueros (0/0), Ramon Terrats (0/1), Santi Comesana (0/1), Alexander Soerloth (0/1), Alfonso Pedraza (0/1), Ben Brereton (0/0), Diego Collado (0/0), Fer Nino (0/0), Gerard Moreno (0/1), Ilias Akhomach (0/0), Javi Ontiveros (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (0/1), Yeremi Pino (0/0).

Mallorca vs Villarreal Team News

Mallorca vs Villarreal Lineups

Mallorca vs Villarreal H2H

Mallorca hope to extend their grip on Villarreal, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 2-0 and 4-2, respectively. Mallorca go into their upcoming match against Villarreal with a 40% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-2-4 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Mallorca vs Villarreal Results

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last ten matches between Mallorca and Villarreal.

Mallorca vs Villarreal Betting Tips

As the new La Liga campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Mallorca and Villarreal this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

In their last 10 matches at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix across all tournaments Mallorca won five times, drew four and lost one times. Villarreal claimed two wins, three draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Just three of the last 10 La Liga home matches for Mallorca had over 2.5 goals. In seven of the previous 10 league games away for Villarreal the match had over 2.5 goals.

Over 2.5 goals came up five times in the previous ten encounters between Mallorca and Villarreal, as Mallorca scored 1.4 goals on average per game and Villarreal averaging 1.2 goals. Both teams scored in three times of these matches. Mallorca witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 2.5 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came up in eight of Villarreal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.