Maiorca-Athletic Bilbao is a match of the thirty-second day of La Liga and is played on Monday at 7 pm: lineups, predictions, TV and streaming.
The positive series of Athletic Bilbao, suddenly back to believing in Europe, was interrupted in the last round. After three consecutive victories that had brought the Basques back to the threshold of sixth place, the icy shower came in the form of the mocking home defeat to Sevilla, which went through at the San Mames thanks to a penalty by Ocampos in the midst of the recovery.
A “bewitched” match for Ernesto Valverde’s men, who repeatedly came close to scoring the winning goal. As many as two goals were cancelled for offside by Var and referee Hernandez, with the screams of the red and white fans left choked in their throats. For Athletic it was a huge chance to get close again to sixth-ranked Betis, which a few days earlier had been stopped by Real Sociedad in their direct clash. An opportunity that, however, comes again in this round: the Sevilla green-and-whites, in fact, have already played and were swept 4-0 by Barcelona, now very close to the title. By winning at home to Mallorca, Athletic Bilbao would join Manuel Pellegrini’s lineup on 49 points, while detaching eighth-ranked Osasuna, which surrendered to Real Sociedad in Friday’s advance. The Mallorcan away match does not scare Bilbao, which this year away from its home crowd has collected almost the same points obtained in home matches (24 vs. 22).
Maiorca, salvation is in the bag
Maiorca comes from the peremptory 3-1 defeat against Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano, in a match in which Muriqi and his teammates had even taken the lead.
Mallorca players after a goal
Even Javier Aguirre’s team had its four-day winning streak (two draws and two wins) interrupted. Mallorca has in any case reached 40 points and is not in danger of being involved again in the fight not to be relegated. Two important absences for the Mexican coach, who will not be able to count on Augustinsson and Gonzalez, while the presence of former viola player Nastasic is not certain. Valverde, on the other hand, will not have Munian nor the disqualified Sancet.
The Prediction
Athletic Bilbao is back from a very unlucky match against Sevilla in which, in any case, it confirmed its excellent form. It should at least avoid defeat against a team that now has little to ask of this league. A Basque coup is not to be ruled out in a match with at least one goal on each side.
The probable formations of Mallorca-Athletic Bilbao
- MAIORCA (5-3-2): Rajkovic; Jaume Costa, Copete, Raíllo, Dennis, Maffeo; Dani Rodríguez, Ruiz de Galarreta, Morlanes; Kang-in, Muriqi.
- ATHLETIC BILBAO (4-2-3-1): Unai Simón; Yuri, Yeray, Vivian, de Marcos; Vesga, Dani García; Berenguer, Ander Herrera, Iñaki Williams; Guruzeta.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
