LaLiga – Seville take on Mallorca

This Wednesday sees Seville go head to head with Mallorca at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan – Kick-off 8:30pm GMT.

Going into this match in eighteenth place, Mallorca face an up-hill struggle when they travel to third placed Seville.

It’s 65 points so far for Seville this season, going into this game

Seville have dropped four points in their last two matches – 1-1 at Villarreal and 1-1 at Cádiz.

Also, a draw statistic of nine in 15 games is not all bad, but unfortunately will not bring the success Julen Lopetegui’s men wishes for ultimately. With 65 points (17W, 4L and 14D), they are established in third position in the League having won 17 games, drawn 14 meetings, and lost four fixtures.

Mallorca travel to Seville, knowing that they have nothing to lose. The odds are not in their favour, as the home team has recorded 11 victories, five draws, and one defeats in the 17 home matches they’ve played so far this season.

A win in this fixture, would take Seville’s points from 65 to 68, so far this season.

A solid defensive team

It’s an easy statement to make, but to win you simply have to score more goals than your opponent. Seville have been consistently applying this principle, whilst remaining defensively solid as a unit this season, with 29 goals in their previous fixtures. Despite delivering often average performance, their goal scoring stats have been good (51). Their stand out attacking players have been Rafa Mir (3), Papu Gomez (3), and Jesus Corona (2).

Julen Lopetegui will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of four of his Seville players.

Javier Aguirre’s Mallorca, away to Seville on Wednesday, hoping to improve relegation prospects

Having lost to Granada in their last game, Javier Aguirre’s men must reset and try to gain a positive result in this match.

Also, these are challenging times for Javier Aguirre’s Mallorca, having suffered 14 losses in 18 matches, and taking them into relegation territory. This is a run of form that has to be stopped quickly. With an eighteenth position in the league and 8 wins, 19 losses and 8 draws, they currently have 32 points in the League having won eight meetings, drawn eight fixtures, and lost 19 games.

Mallorca’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Seville. In the 17 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won two fixtures, drawn two matches, and lost 13 fixtures.

Mallorca will have secured 35 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Mallorca’s squad has depth, but even so, Javier Aguirre is likely to be missing five of they key players when they start Wednesday’s game.

Seville v Mallorca – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels when these two rivals meet, the tendency of late has been for Seville to take all the points with 14 victories and 10 draws. Additionally, Mallorca are unbeaten in their last two meetings played at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan against Seville. The last time they played each other in this competition was October 2021 and the score line ended up with a 1-1 draw.

Performance Report

For Seville, Rafa Mir has nettedthree goals in 35 League games this season, while Vedat Muriqi contributed withfour goals in 35 League fixtures so far for Mallorca.

Other players of note for Seville are Rafa Mir and Papu Gomez with three goals each and for Mallorca are Salva Sevilla and Raillo with four goals and three goals respectively.