Mallorca (2 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws) hosts Barcelona (5-0-1) at Iberostar Stadium Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET. Below, we preview Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Mallorca vs. Barcelona odds, and make our best La Liga bets, picks and predictions.
Barcelona has yet to lose on the road, posting a 3-0-0 record. Over the offseason, Barcelona made no shortage of big-time moves, adding star F Robert Lewandowski.
He has 8 goals on the season and no other player has more than 2. Outside of a 0-0 draw to start the season against Rayo Vallecano, Barcelona has scored 3 or more in every league match. They sit 2nd to Real Madrid in La Liga.
Mallorca’s leading scorer is 28-year-old F Vedat Muriqi with 3 goals on the season. They’re 1-1-1 at home this season and have allowed 7 goals and scored 6 goals in 6 matches.
They have already played Real Madrid, losing 4-1 on the road. At home, they’ve won 1-0, drawn 1-1 and lost 2-1. The result against Madrid will be the most similar as to what Mallorca will see Saturday.
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Mallorca vs. Barcelona odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 5:34 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Mallorca +750 (bet $100 to win $750) | Barcelona -290 (bet $290 to win $100) | Draw +430
- Over/Under: 2.5 (O: -170 | U: +135)
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Prediction
Barcelona 2, Mallorca 0
Money line (ML)
PASS.
Everyone should like Barcelona here, and Mallorca sits 10th on the La Liga table.
However, Barcelona won both games last season by just 1 goal. They won 1-0 on the road in this environment. At -290, this is a pass, especially with Barcelona looking toward a Tuesday Champions League group stage match with Inter.
Over/Under (O/U)
BET UNDER 2.5 (+135).
The road side should win this game, but Inter will be awaiting them. Ahead of their last 2 group stage matches, Barcelona had a league match in which star F Ousmane Dembélé played just 62 minutes and Lewandowski played 73 minutes. The stars should be given a rest in this match and that could limit goal-scoring chances.
Also, Mallorca has defended well and has 3 clean sheets so far this season. They’ve scored under 2 goals in all but 1 game, and against a top-tier defense led by GK Marc-Andre ter Stegen, it should struggle.
It scored on Real but had just .4 expected goals and allowed just 1.6 expected goals. Real had 4 goals on 7 shots on target. If that repeats itself, with Mallorca having just 2, expect the Under 2.5 to be the side having a better chance to cash.
Considering the forward-looking matches and high-quality defenses, I’ll back the Under 2.5 (+135).
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