Barcelona vs Mallorca Competition – Spanish Primera Liga Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Date: 8th March 2024 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
La Liga resumes this Friday as Barcelona host Mallorca in the 28th Round of the 2023/24 season. Barcelona’s season continued to unravel last weekend as they were held to a goalless draw against Athletic Bilbao while losing both Pedri and Frankie de Jong to long-term injuries during the game. The draw on Sunday was the tenth time they’ve dropped points in La Liga this season leaving them eight points behind league leaders Real Madrid. Hopes of an unlikely La Liga win this season are fading with every dropped point and despite Madrid’s patchy form, most Barca fans have lost hope that their side can still win the title. Yet they will be desperate for their side to bounce back here and take maximum points against Mallorca. Doing so will reduce the lead at the top to five points, albeit temporarily and help extend Barca’s unbeaten streak to eight games (W4, D3) ahead of a crucial UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg tie against Napoli. That said, Xavi’s men haven’t been firing on all cylinders at home with the hosts winning only three of their last six La Liga encounters at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (D1, L2) and conceding 14 goals in that sequence. However, two clean sheets in the last three matches of that run suggest that their defencive woes may have largely been addressed. Mallorca meanwhile will be desperate to make it back-to-back wins in the league for the first time this season when they face Barcelona on Friday night. The visitors secured a hugely impressive 1-0 win over second-placed Girona at the weekend to take them eight points clear of the relegation zone. That win, and a Copa del Rey semi-final triumph over Real Sociedad have also proven that Mallorca can’t be taken lightly so the visitors can be backed to cause an upset here. Also, with seven points won from four La Liga games (W2, D1, L1), the Balearic can be confident of avoiding defeat against a Barca side they held to a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture. However, Mallorca are poor travellers and are winless in ten away league matches (D4, L6) making the prospect of a first top-flight H2H victory on the road since May 2008 seem unlikely. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga: Spanish Primera Liga Table
May 10, 2024
Alaves
20:00
Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca
13:00
Las Palmas
Villarreal
15:15
Sevilla
Granada
17:30
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
20:00
Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz
13:00
Getafe
Atlético de Madrid
15:15
Celta Vigo
Valencia
17:30
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
20:00
Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona
20:00
Real Sociedad
May 14, 2024
Osasuna
18:30
Mallorca
Real Madrid
20:30
Alaves
Girona
21:00
Villarreal
May 15, 2024
Sevilla
18:30
Cadiz
Rayo Vallecano
18:30
Granada
Celta Vigo
21:00
Athletic Bilbao
Getafe
21:00
Atlético de Madrid
May 16, 2024
Las Palmas
18:30
Real Betis
Almeria
20:30
Barcelona
Real Sociedad
21:00
Valencia
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Real Madrid
34
27
6
1
74
22
+52
87
2
Girona
34
23
5
6
73
42
+31
74
3
Barcelona
34
22
7
5
70
43
+27
73
4
Atlético de Madrid
34
21
4
9
63
39
+24
67
5
Athletic Bilbao
34
17
10
7
55
33
+22
61
6
Real Sociedad
34
14
12
8
48
35
+13
54
7
Real Betis
34
13
13
8
43
39
+4
52
8
Valencia
34
13
8
13
37
39
-2
47
9
Villarreal
34
12
9
13
56
58
-2
45
10
Getafe
34
10
13
11
41
47
-6
43
11
Alaves
34
11
8
15
32
38
-6
41
12
Sevilla
34
10
11
13
45
46
-1
41
13
Osasuna
34
11
6
17
37
51
-14
39
14
Las Palmas
34
10
7
17
30
43
-13
37
15
Celta Vigo
34
8
10
16
40
52
-12
34
16
Rayo Vallecano
34
7
13
14
27
43
-16
34
17
Mallorca
34
6
14
14
27
40
-13
32
18
Cadiz
34
4
14
16
23
49
-26
26
19
Granada
34
4
9
21
36
64
-28
21
20
Almeria
34
2
11
21
33
67
-34
17
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