Mallorca v Barcelona

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Mallorca return to the more familiar surroundings of their Estadi Mallorca Son Moix for this Tuesday night's clash with Barcelona as the hosts look to bounce back from a heavy 5-3 defeat away from home at Girona, but their task looks a tough one as Barcelona sit top of the La Liga table after capturing a fifth win on the trot.

Mallorca have found life tough going so far in this season's La Liga campaign as the hosts have managed to collect just one win to date in their opening six games of this new season which came in the form of a recent 1-0 win away from home at Celta Vigo while also picking up points in draws with Las Palmas and Athletic Bilbao.

However, Mallorca have also been handed three defeats so far in the early stages of this season's La Liga, suffering losses at the hands of Villarreal, Granada and Girona respectively and having conceded a total of 10 goals already this term (third from worst defensive record to date), Mallorca look to have their work cut out for this visit from Barcelona on Tuesday night.

Results at home have actually been quite encouraging as Mallorca have lost just twice in their last 16 games but they didn't play Barcelona during this period!

Onto Barcelona and the visitors have produced an impressive start to this new La Liga season as they sit top of the La Liga table (albeit on goal difference), having won five of their six matches to date so far this term.

Barcelona will be highly motivated to defend last season's La Liga title again this time around after sealing another title by a 10-point margin over rivals, Real Madrid, at the end of last term and early form this season suggests they'll be tough to displace at the top of the division again.

An opening day 0-0 draw away from home at Getafe may have been slightly disappointing for Xavi's men but his side quickly clicked into gear in devastating fashion as they have collected five wins on the trot thereafter.

Victories against Cadiz, Villarreal, Osasuna, Real Betis and Celta Vigo will bring the visitors to the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix on Tuesday night in extremely confident mood where the visitors will be seeking to make it three away wins on the trot this season.

Mallorca v Barcelona Verdict

Mallorca therefore face a mountain to climb on Tuesday night despite holding home advantage at their Estadi Mallorca Son Moix especially as Barcelona have won each of the previous 11 encounters on the trot against the hosts and number 12 appears to be just around the corner as Barcelona look to pull away at the top of the division with another win here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Barcelona win @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Barcelona win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct score: Barcelona 2-0 @ 7.50