Mallorca vs Deportivo Alaves Match Analysis and Prediction

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Mallorca play host to Alaves at Visit Mallorca Estadi on Tuesday for a relegation six-pointer, with both teams battling for their lives towards the bottom of the La Liga table.

The hosts are currently 17th in the table, a point ahead of 18th-placed Cadiz, while Alaves are bottom of the table, four points behind their opponents ahead of this fixture.

Mallorca managed to return to La Liga by finishing second in the Segunda Division last season, and they are aiming to make it back-to-back campaigns at this level of football for the first time since 2013.

They have won seven, drawn eight and lost 17 of their 32 league matches this season to pick up 29 points.

Javier Aguirre’s side are only three points behind 15th-placed Getafe, so there could be a lot of movement over the next couple of matches, and the hosts managed to record a 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in their last match at home on April 9.

However, the Pirates enter this contest off the back of a 3-0 defeat at Elche on Saturday, and the fact that two of their next three subsequent matches are against Barcelona and Sevilla is a concern.

Meanwhile, Alaves head into this match off the back of a morale-boosting 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, with Joselu scoring in the 64th minute of the game.

Alaves sit just four points behind 17th-placed Mallorca, so they will still feel confident of escaping the relegation zone before the end of the season.

Julio Velasquez’s side are playing in their sixth straight season in La Liga, so it would be somewhat of a surprise if they dropped out of the top tier – having not played Segunda Division football since 2016 – and a defeat here would be a huge blow at a key stage of the season.

Mallorca vs Deportivo Alaves head to head

The two teams have previously met on 23 occasions in all competitions, where Mallorca have claimed 13 victories while Alaves have won five, and they have drawn in five. Mallorca have scored 36 goals and conceded 21. In their last five encounters, both have won twice while they have drawn once.

Alaves 1-0 Mallorca 28/11/15

Mallorca 0-0 Alaves 30/04/16

Alaves 2-0 Mallorca 29/09/19

Mallorca 1-0 Alaves 15/02/20

Alaves 0-1 Mallorca 21/08/21

Mallorca latest home form

Mallorca managed to defeat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in their last home game in the league. However, they have recently been on a poor run of form at home, as they have lost each of their previous three matches. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded eight.

Mallorca 3-2 Athletic Bilbao 14/02/22

Mallorca 0-1 Valencia 26/02/22

Mallorca 0-2 Real Sociedad 02/03/22

Mallorca 0-3 Real Madrid 14/03/22

Mallorca 1-0 Atletico Madrid 09/04/22

Mallorca latest away form

Mallorca have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, as they have lost each of their eight most recent matches. In their last away game, they were defeated 3-0 by Elche in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded 11.

Real Betis 2-1 Mallorca 20/02/22

Celta Vigo 4-3 Mallorca 06/03/22

Espanyol 1-0 Mallorca 20/03/22

Getafe 1-0 Mallorca 02/04/22

Elche 3-0 Mallorca 16/04/22

Deportivo Alaves latest home form

Alaves have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just two of their five most recent matches. In their last home game, they managed to defeat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded five.

Alaves 0-1 Barcelona 23/01/22

Alaves 2-1 Valencia 13/02/22

Alaves 0-0 Sevilla 04/03/22

Alaves 2-3 Granada 19/03/22

Alaves 1-0 Rayo Vallecano 16/04/22

Deprtivo Alaves latest away form

Alaves have recently been on a poor run of form away from home, having lost each of their four most recent matches. In their last away game, they were defeated 1-0 by Osasuna in the league. In their last five away matches, they have scored four goals and conceded 10.

Getafe 2-2 Alaves 26/02/22

Real Sociedad 1-0 Alaves 13/03/22

Bordeaux 2-1 Alaves 25/03/22

Atketico Madrid 4-1 Alaves 02/04/22

Osasuna 1-0 Alaves 10/04/22

Mallorca news

Mallorca will be without Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Salva Sevilla, Dominik Greif and Aleksandar on Tuesday, while Jaume Costa is out with a muscular issue he picked up against Elche.

Giovanni Gonzalez could come into the starting side in the absence of Costa, with Takefusa Kubo pushing to replace Dani Rodriguez.

Deportivo Alaves news

While Edgar Mendez and Luis Rioja are available for selection despite concerns over their fitness, Pere Pons and Javi Lopez will miss out through injury.

Jason was replaced by Manu Garcia off the bench at the interval against Rayo Vallecano and that change could now take place before the start.

Prediction and Odds

Alaves have disappointed on their travels in the league this season, and it is difficult to back them with any real confidence despite their win over Rayo Vallecano last time out.

Mallorca have been relatively strong at home this season and we see them coming out with a win here.

Odds: 1 2.15 X 2.05 2 2.40