Overview
After an impressive start to the season, Barcelona have been in serious decline since November 2024 in La Liga. In the last 3 rounds, the Catalan team has only won 1 point, despite only having to face weaker opponents such as Real Sociedad, Celta Vigo or Las Palmas.
At this time, coach Hansi Flick's team needs to quickly regain their spirit and end the current disappointing streak.
However, Barcelona's goal of winning all 3 points against Mallorca is not easy. Mallorca is playing quite well this season and has 24 points after 15 matches.
Mallorca also has the third best defense in La Liga, having only conceded 13 goals so far. This will be a big challenge for Barcelona's best attack in La Liga with 43 goals.
In terms of personnel, Barcelona is rated much higher than Mallorca. However, Blaugrana's decline in form makes it difficult for them to leave Estadi Mallorca Son Moix with 3 full points.
Barcelona have a superior head-to-head record against Mallorca in recent times. The Catalan giants are unbeaten in their last 16 meetings with Mallorca, winning 14 and drawing two.
Mallorca's last win over Barcelona came way back in 2009.
Human resources situation
Yamal returned from the bench against Las Palmas but was not given enough time to turn things around. The Spanish teenager is expected to start against Real Mallorca. However, Barcelona will be without the likes of Andreas Christensen and Marc Andre Ter-Stegen.
On the other side of the front line, Real Mallorca also have injury problems of their own with Takuma Asano, Jose Copete and Toni Lato all absent.
Expected lineup:
Real Mallorca: Greif, Bauza, Valjent, Raillo, Mojica, Costa, Morlanes, Navarro, Rodriguez, Darder, Larin.
Barcelona: Pena, Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde, Pedri, Gavi, De Jong, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Yamal.
The match between Mallorca and Barcelona takes place at 1:00 a.m. on December 4 (Vietnam time).
