Will Mbappé score on his league debut?
The champions get into the action in La Liga. Real Madrid also kick off on Sunday evening, with Los Blancos visiting Mallorca at 9:30pm. The Whites have an English week straight away in their first competitive matchweek, as they successfully contested the European Super Cup on Wednesday and won their next title
It was a successful start to his new career as a Real star, especially for Kylian Mbappé: first game, first goal, first cup triumph. The Frenchman naturally wants to build on this with his new team on Sunday and also get off to a perfect start in La Liga. The champions are of course clearly favored in Palma de Mallorca, as the online bookmakers’ odds for Mallorca v Real Madrid make clear:
The impression made by Mbappé and Co. in the Supercup was immediately positive, and Ancelotti’s squad immediately regained their self-confidence anyway. So does everything point to another unchallenged victory in Mbappé’s league debut or can Mallorca find ways to upset the champions? We look at this in this Mallorca vs Real Madrid preview, including betting odds, predictions, betting tips and team checks for both clubs
Mallorca – stats & current form
New start at RCD Mallorca: Cult coach Javier Aguirre left the club from the vacation island at the end of the season after leading Mallorca to relegation twice and even sensationally to the cup final. However, the soccer was rarely attractive and often staid and defensively oriented. With new coach Jagoba Arrasate, Mallorca want to finally get away from the tough relegation battle and the image of the gray mouse that fights tooth and nail to avoid relegation.
The next step towards the middle of the table is to be taken, i.e. further development is to be driven; this is what is hoped for from Arrasate, who completed six successful years at CA Osasuna without relegation worries and always in the upper middle of the table. Arrasate did not extend his contract in Pamplona and a new challenge was sought – and found
New coach Arrasate should drive forward Mallorca’s development as a team
It will be exciting to see whether Mallorca will play less wall soccer under Arrasate and therefore be more attack-oriented. Osasuna have always been brave and keen to run and press, but scoring goals was not a strength of the team in Pamplona either, something they had in common with Mallorca. Their play with the ball could be improved under Aguirre. The Mallorcans only scored a meagre 33 goals last season, only two teams were more harmless. Will that change that much in their first league game, and then against Real Madrid, the best defensive team of the previous season (26 goals conceded)? We’re skeptical, so we’re betting on a one-nil win for the visitors in Mallorca v Real Madrid
Predicted Mallorca line-up:
Real Madrid – Statistics & current form
Uncomfortable away game or a safe walk across the vacation island? That is the question ahead of the Mallorca vs Real Madrid clash, with the odds of the bookmakers with a German license suggesting the latter.
Of course, this is also due to the recent impression Real Madrid made during the week. Real lifted the next trophy in the first competitive match of the first title of the new season. Europa League champions Atalanta Bergamo were defeated 2:0 in Warsaw
Real Madrid visit Mallorca: Will Mbappé also score in his league debut?
Superstar Kylian Mbappé already seemed to be well integrated, with the fluid attacking play between him, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo already working quite well. Mbappé also scored his first competitive goal for his new club straight away following a pass from Bellingham, celebrating a successful debut and rounding off a very successful evening from Real’s point of view.
From the madrilenian point of view, it can go on like this on Sunday. It’s hard to imagine that, days after the Super Cup triumph, there will be an immediate setback in the league – not least because of the four attacking stars. There are few signs of a false start, as Real Madrid are also well-rehearsed and experienced – Mbappé was the only new addition to the squad and starting eleven, so the automatisms are still there.
Our Mallorca vs Real Madrid prediction is therefore based on the champions’ successful start to the season. Either as a handicap win or without conceding a goal, because then the betting odds are also more lucrative
Predicted Real Madrid line-up:
Mallorca – Real Madrid head-to-head comparison / H2H record
The last three games against Mallorca were no walk in the park for the Whites, but hard work – they ended with the same result: Real won twice with a 1:0 victory, and once Mallorca even scored the goal of the day and won by this final score. In the last ten encounters, Mallorca have won twice 1-0, while Real Madrid have won the other eight matches.
Unsurprisingly, the overall record speaks for itself: Real won 44 of the 72 matches, with 12 draws and 16 victories for Mallorca
Mallorca – Real Madrid betting tip
Under former coach Aguirre, they knew what they were getting in this clash. An extremely defensive team from Mallorca, uncomfortable in tackles and sometimes overly tough in situations, which came through the fight and defensive stability and thus tried to wrest something from the favorites.
It will be interesting to see what approach new coach Arrasate will take on Sunday evening. Perhaps a higher pressing style to take Real by surprise and force them to win the ball early on? That would also result in a more open game – this has not been the case three times recently, with the final score on the scoreboard being 1-0 on three occasions after sometimes unsightly games
However, with the addition of superstar Kylian Mbappé alone, Real Madrid should now be able to crack even the thickest of defenses. The Blancos are even more unpredictable in attack this season, as was briefly hinted at against Atalanta in the Super Cup. For this reason, we do not believe that the champions will get off to a false start, but that they will win on the vacation island.
Regardless of which tactical approach Arrasate chooses. The Blancos’ defense was the best in La Liga last season, and against Atalanta – a much more attack-minded team – they also kept a clean sheet at the back. Therefore, our Mallorca vs Real Madrid betting tip is: Real Madrid win without conceding a goal
