Week 11 features a match on Saturday Oct 22nd, where Valencia hosts Mallorca in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Valencia is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sevilla. Edinson Cavani struck first for Valencia in the 6th minute, then Érik Lamela tied it up for Sevilla in the 86th minute on a feed from Salas Valiente earning them at least the one point. Valencia is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while mallorca sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Sevilla. Nemanja Gudelj struck first for Sevilla in the 53rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Mallorca was frustrated by Sevilla’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sevilla ended the match with the shutout victory. Mallorca looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Valencia won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Vedat Muriqi has been the most prolific scorer on Mallorca in his last 5 matches with two goals. Edinson Cavani has been the most effective weapon for Valencia lately. The attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches
Jaume Doménech and Samu Castillejo are unavailable to play for Ivan Gennaro Gattuso’s team, while Javier Aguirre Onaindía’s Mallorca squad will be without Tino Kadewere and Greif.