Mallorca vs Valencia Predictions - Hosts to pile misery on Los Che

John Eastwood

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Mallorca are positioned 8th in La Liga with strong home form.
Valencia rank 18th, struggling with poor away results and recent form.
Mallorca expected to win with potential Valencia goalless showing.

Mallorca to beat struggling Valencia at home on Friday (Getty Images).

Mallorca vs Valencia Predictions

These sides have contrasting fortunes. Mallorca are eighth and Valencia sit 18th. The stats suggest backing a home victory to nil on Friday night.
Mallorca vs Valencia Predictions
Head to Head
Mallorca Form & Team News
Mallorca Predicted Lineup
Valencia Form & Team News
Valencia Predicted Lineup

Mallorca have won 2 of their last 4 home matches.
Mallorca have kept 3 clean sheets in their last 4 home matches.
Valencia have lost 6 of their last 9 away La Liga matches (3 draws).
Valencia have failed to score in 4 of their last 5 away matches (La Liga).

Head to Head

Valencia hold an 18-11 advantage over Mallorca with 11 draws in 40 clashes.

The clubs last met in March in a 0-0 draw in La Liga.

Mallorca Form & Team News

Mallorca sit eighth in La Liga having won six of their 14 matches. Only five teams have scored fewer than Mallorca’s 13 league goals.

A 1-0 home victory over Rayo Vallecano made it four wins in five matches. A 0-0 home draw against Athletic Bilbao preceded successive defeats, 1-0 at Alaves and 1-0 at home to Atletico Madrid.

Their last match brought a crucial 3-2 win away at Las Palmas. Mallorca were outshot 14-9 and had just 38% possession in that victory.

Striker Vedat Muriqi was sent off in the last match and will suspended for this one. Winger Sergi Darder and defender Antonio Raillo went off injured against Las Palmas and both are doubtful.

Coach Jagoba Arrasate is without striker Abdon Prats and left back Toti Lato. Right back Pablo Maffeo also misses out.

Mallorca Predicted Lineup

Greif; Morey, Valjent, Copete, Mojica; Navarro, Morlanes, Samu, Darder; Rodriguez, Larin.

Valencia Form & Team News

After a poor run of one win in 11 matches, Los Che one their last La Liga match. They languish in 18th spot in the relegation zone.

A 3-0 defeat away to Real Sociedad preceded a 0-0 draw at Leganes and a 3-2 home loss to Las Palmas. A 1-1 draw at Getafe left Valencia sitting bottom of the table.

A strong performance led to a crucial 4-2 home win over Real Betis last Saturday. In midweek, a heavily rotated XI won 1-0 at CP Parla Escuela in the Copa Del Rey.

Coach Ruben Baraja is without defender Mouctar Diakhaby as he makes his way back from knee surgery.

Centre back Maximiliano Caufriez is ruled out. Right back Thierry Correia is ruled out for the rest of the season.