Preview & Prediction: Valencia CF vs Real Club Deportivo Mallorca

In the upcoming La Liga faceoff between Valencia CF and RCD Mallorca on 30th March 2024, both teams bring their unique strengths and weaknesses to the pitch. Valencia CF previously triumphed over RCD Mallorca in a 2-0 victory, but their overall head-to-head records suggest a more even competition, with 5 victories for Valencia CF and 7 victories for RCD Mallorca from a total of 17 previous encounters. 5 matches have ended in a draw.

While Valencia CF looks comfortable and efficient playing at home, RCD Mallorca might need to put extra effort into improving their away performance, which is currently not up to par. Their past meetings average a score of approximately 2.82 goals and there’s a considerable chance for both to score (BTTS) happening 65% of the time.

In terms of this season’s La Liga performance, Valencia CF has outshined RCD Mallorca in home matches averaging 2 points per game against Mallorca’s 0.57 points in games played away.

Insights

• The upcoming match between Valencia CF and RCD Mallorca is poised to be particularly thrilling, given their history of 17 head-to-head encounters in recent seasons.
• Valencia CF has approximately 29.4% winning rate, with 5 wins from those past matches.
• RCD Mallorca, on the other hand, has a stronger historical performance with a 41.1% winning rate, having succeeded in 7 out of the 17 matches.
• The rivalry between these two teams have concluded in draws approximately 29.4% of the time.
• The last recorded encounter between these two was led by Valencia CF with a 2-0 result, giving them an upper hand in terms of recent performance.
• Valencia CF shows strong performance when playing on their home grounds, which can be crucial for this encounter.
• Conversely, RCD Mallorca has shown poor outcomes in their away matches, which might hamper their performance in the forthcoming match.
• The statistical data reveals that the matches between Valencia CF and RCD Mallorca have an average of 2.82 goals, indicating that there’s high chance the game would not end goalless.
• Interestingly, both teams have scored (BTTS) in about 65% of their encounters, suggesting that we might witness goals from both teams in the upcoming match.
• Looking at this season’s data, Valencia CF averages 2 Points Per Game in home matches and could leverage this against RCD Mallorca who averages a significantly lower 0.57 Points Per Game in their away matches.

Match Forecast

• Valencia CF will aim to exploit their strength of attacking down the wings particularly against Mallorca’s weakness in defending set pieces.
• Mallorca’s strength in aerial duels could nullify Valencia CF’s long shots strategy.
• Both teams may struggle in maintaining ball possession due to their similar weak traits. This may result in a midfield tussle with both teams attempting to steal the ball from each other frequently.
• Mallorca’s tendency to play long balls and attempt through balls may create problems for Valencia CF due to their reported weakness of defending against through ball attacks.
• Given both teams’ weakness in avoiding fouling in dangerous areas, the game could see a higher number of free kicks and possibly penalties.
• Valencia CF, known for playing in their own half, may be pressured by Mallorca’s aggressive style of play and constant attempts to take shots.
• As both teams typically play with width, they will likely mirror each other, exploiting the full pitch.
• Valencia CF’s consistency with their first eleven could offer them an edge over Mallorca’s more frequent rotations.
• Given Mallorca’s struggle with finishing scoring chances, if Valencia are able to keep their defense tight, they might be able to diffuse Mallorca’s attacks.
• Mallorca’s weakness in defending set pieces could provide scoring opportunities for Valencia, especially from the wings.
• Valencia might need to adapt their non-aggressive style to counter Mallorca’s aggressive gameplay.

Match Facts

• In their previous 19 encounters at Valencia CF’s home ground, Valencia CF has won 11 times, the match has ended in a draw 5 times, and RCD Mallorca has come out victorious 3 times. The total score tally between the two is 37-15, favouring Valencia CF.
• Out of the last 39 face-offs, Valencia CF emerged victorious 18 times, 10 matches ended in a draw, whereas RCD Mallorca secured 11 wins. The total goal count is 62-39, again favouring Valencia CF.
• In the previous season, RCD Mallorca won both the matches against Valencia CF, scoring 1-0 at home and 2-1 away.
• An interesting fact about Valencia CF is that they score 22% of their goals between the 61st to 75th minute of the match.
• RCD Mallorca tends to score majority of their goals, approximately 32%, in the last quarter of the match i.e. from the 76th to 90th minute.
• Valencia CF has successfully defended their home ground in their recent 5 home matches, without any defeat.
• There have been 3 instances in this LaLiga season where Valencia CF failed to score any goal at home.
• Similarly, RCD Mallorca has not scored in 7 of their 14 away matches in the current season of LaLiga.
• For this season, RCD Mallorca’s performance away from home has been 1 win, 5 draws, 8 losses.
• Valencia CF’s Mouctar Diakhaby leads the team with 6 yellow cards, while Matija Nastasic of RCD Mallorca has been shown yellow 8 times.
• Valencia CF managed to win the 1st half of their matches 32% of the time, whereas RCD Mallorca did the same in 20% of their matches.
• Their latest match ended in a 1-1 draw.
• Valencia CF has an impressive record of winning 84% of their matches when they lead 1-0 at home.
• RCD Mallorca also shows strong performance, securing a win 75% of the time when they lead 0-1 away.
• However, Valencia CF only wins 11% of their matches when they trail 0-1 at home and RCD Mallorca only manages a 5% win rate when trailing 1-0 away.
• In the LaLiga, RCD Mallorca has showcased better performance than Valencia CF.
• Looking at the teams’ last 5 matches, RCD Mallorca has performed better than Valencia CF.
• Interestingly, RCD Mallorca has only faced defeat once in their last 5 matches against Valencia CF in all competitions.
• Reflecting on their last 5 encounters, Valencia CF won 1, RCD Mallorca won 2, and there were 2 draws.
• This pattern is similar in their LaLiga encounters, with RCD Mallorca losing only 1 of their last 5 games against Valencia CF.
• Similarly, Valencia CF has also managed only 1 win in their previous 5 LaLiga games against RCD Mallorca.
• On average, Valencia CF scores 1 goal per match against RCD Mallorca, while RCD Mallorca manages to score 1.2 goals against Valencia CF.
• The average total goals per match between these two is 2.2, and for the first half, it’s 1 goal.
• When playing at home, Valencia CF scores 1.25 goals on average, and RCD Mallorca tends to score 1.6 goals on average when playing away.