The final game to be played on Saturday the 13th of June in La Liga features the defending champions. Barcelona travel to Real Mallorca with the hosts needing points to move out of the relegation zone. Barcelona need to pick up the win to ensure they remain top of the table, ahead of Real Madrid.
Real Mallorca begin the weekend in 18th place on 25 points and that leaves them 1 point adrift of safety. Form was decent before the league was suspended as Real Mallorca picked up 7 points from a possible 12. There were victories over Deportivo Alavés at home and Eibar away, the latter of which was their most recent game.
Home form shows Real Mallorca rarely draw matches and of their last 10 home La Liga games, there has been only one draw. They have won 5 of those 10 games and lost 4. Three of those 4 defeats have come in their last 5 home matches and Real Mallorca have lost against Sevilla, Real Valladolid and Getafe.
Trends show under 2.5 goals have been scored in 4 of Real Mallorca’s last 5 home La Liga games, including each of the last 3 at the Iberostar Estadi. Real Mallorca have only scored one goal in their last 3 home league matches, failing to find the back of the net in 2 of them. They have kept just a single clean sheet in their last 8 games on home soil.
Barcelona travel to the Balearic Islands sitting top of the table, 2 points clear of Real Madrid. The gap was closed at the top thanks to a 2-0 defeat for Barcelona at Real Madrid close to the point where the season was suspended. However, following that defeat Barcelona picked up maximum points in a 1-0 over Real Sociedad at home.
In terms of La Liga, Barcelona have won 5 of their last 6 games. There have been victories at home against Levante, Getafe, Eibar and Real Sociedad plus an away win at Real Betis. Away from home is where Barcelona have been struggling to pick up wins and they have won only one of their last 5 away La Liga matches.
Barcelona will believe they can improve their away record by picking up a victory in this game. Trends show Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 9 games against Real Mallorca in all competitions and have won by 2 or more goals 9 of their last 12 away encounters.
Team news and Real Mallorca are without two players for this game as Leonardo Koutris and Lumor Agbenyenu are injured. Takefusa Kubo will be taking on his former club having spent some of his early career at the Camp Nou.
Barcelona are without the suspended defender Clément Lenglet which means Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti should start in central defence. Ousmane Dembélé is injured and Nelson Semedo is unavailable.
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Real Mallorca’s home games are going to be important for them towards the end of this season but this is one which may end in defeat. Barcelona will be hoping to put recent poor away form to bed by picking up the victory and keeping a clean sheet.