Barcelona won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-1 La Liga defeat last time out to Rayo Vallecano.

In that game, Barcelona managed 71% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Rayo Vallecano had 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Álvaro García (7′) scored for Rayo Vallecano.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Barcelona haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Barcelona have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals in the process. Putting that to one side, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will continue on in this upcoming game or not.

Pre-game facts show that Barcelona:

Pre-game facts show that Barcelona:

have not lost a league tie with Mallorca in their last 11 matches. A long run without a loss.

have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Mallorca come into this clash following a 2-1 La Liga win in the defeat of Alaves in their previous game.

In that match, Mallorca managed 40% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Mallorca, the goals were scored by Abdón Prats (11′), Vedat Muriqi (45′) and Antonio Raíllo (73′ Own goal). For their opponents, Alaves had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The strike force from Mallorca have failed to get amongst the goals in their past six encounters, recording the poor return of only 3. In those fixtures, Los Bermellones have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 9.

Their prior results show that Mallorca:

have not emerged victorious against Barcelona when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. Not good at all.

are without an away win for the past 8 matches in the league. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.