Atletico Madrid-Maiorca is a match on the 31st day of La Liga and is played Wednesday at 7:30pm: lineups, predictions, TV and streaming.
Atletico Madrid’s long winning streak, which has suddenly returned to second-place ambitions, came to a halt last Sunday at the field of leading Barcelona. The Colchoneros held their own against the Blaugrana for the entire ninety minutes but were unable to equalize Ferran Torres’ goal, scored by Xavi’s team just before temporarily returning to the locker room. Offensive inconsistency paid dearly.
Ironically, the men led by “Cholo” Simeone had not lost in the league since January, when they surrendered to Barcelona itself. And always with the same result. Before visiting Camp Nou, six straight wins had come, which helped put on ice qualification for the next Champions League, by no means a foregone conclusion in light of the vicissitudes the Madrid men faced in the first part of the season. The one with Barça was an all-too-painless defeat, given the full-bodied lead of the Colchoneros, third, over the fifth, Betis, called upon to make up 12 points on the red-and-whites. The misstep in Catalonia should have no repercussions on a team that in 2023 has completely found itself putting the dark period behind it. In the midweek round they return to the Civitas Metropolitano, where awaiting Atletico will be Mallorca.
Maiorca, salvation is in the bag
The islanders have just reached the fateful 40-point mark, bringing home another salvation. Decisive were the two victories in a row with Celta Vigo and Getafe, beaten 0-1 and 3-1 respectively, thanks to which the lineup coached by Mexican coach Javier Aguirre sprinted to +10 from third-last place, a reassuring lead to say the least.
Kang-In Lee
Maiorca is even closer to the Europe zone (-6) although, in all fairness, Muriqi and his teammates do not seem equipped to aspire to anything more than staying in the top flight. As for lineups, Simeone could dust off Witsel to replace the disqualified Savic. Marcos Llorente, Depay, Reinildo and Koke will also be missing. On the other side, Aguirre must do without the disqualified Raillo and de Galarreta.
The Prediction
Two teams that are going through a good moment of form and have already mortgaged their respective goals: the Champions League the Atletico Madrid and salvation the Mallorca. The Colchoneros will try to restart immediately after the Barcelona defeat and should succeed in a match of at least two goals total.
The likely lineups for Atletico Madrid-Maiorca
- ATLETICO MADRID (3-5-2): Oblak; Witsel, Gimenez, Mario Hermoso; Molina, Saul, Lemar, De Paul, Carrasco; Morata, Griezmann.
- MAIORCA (5-3-2): Rajkovic; Sanchez, Valjent, Copete, Hadzikadunic, Pablo Maffeo; Manu Morlanes, Baba, Lee Kang-in; Muriqi, Ndiaye.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-0
