Villarreal vs Real Mallorca Preview: Team News & Prediction
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There is a bit of talk that Villarreal may well be involved in the Spanish title race this season as the Yellow Submarine now take on a struggling Real Mallorca side.
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Villarreal preview: Impressive Villarreal
Villarreal begin the 13th match day of the 2025/26 La Liga season sitting just five points behind league leaders Real Madrid with three successive victories ahead of the November international break.
The Yellow Submarine most recently eased to a comfortable 2-0 win against a strong Espanyol side at the RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, courtesy of goals in either half from Gerard Moreno and then Alberto Moleiro.
Real Mallorca preview: Struggling Majorcans
Real Mallorca have persisted with under pressure coach Jago Arrasate and the Balearic Islanders will hope that is the correct decision, having just about lifted themselves out of the bottom three and the relegation places ahead of this one.
They managed to earn themselves an undeserved and hard-fought victory at Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca a couple of weeks ago against Getafe, courtesy of a 14th minute winner scored by Kosovo international striker Vedat Muriqi.
Villarreal team news: Several injuries
Villarreal are dealing with several fresh injury concerns for this one as defensive midfielder Thomas Partey is potentially sidelined alongside attacking duo Manor Solomon and Georges Mikautadze.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): Junior; Pau Navarro, Rafa Marin, Veiga, Alfonso; Buchanan, Santi Comesana, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro; Gerard, Oluwaseyi
Unavailable: Costa (Injured), Kambwala (Injured), Pau Cabanes (Injured)
Questionable: Partey (Injured), Solomon (Injured), Mikautadze (Injured)
Real Mallorca team news: Still no Leo Roman
Dominik Greif was sold to Olympique Lyonnais over the summer and so Leo Roman became the number one at Mallorca, but he is now dealing with a hamstring injury.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Bergstrom; Pablo Maffeo, Valjent, Antonio Raillo, Johan Mojica; Omar Mascarell, Costa; Mateo Joseph, Sergi Darder, Jan Virgili; Muriqi
Unavailable: Leo Roman (Injured), Toni Lato (Injured), Dani Rodriguez (Disciplinary)
Questionable: Kumbulla (Injured)
Villarreal vs Real Mallorca prediction
Villarreal have been extremely impressive since the appointment of Marcelino a couple of years ago. They propelled themselves into the top four last season and are now seemingly even better this time around. They face a Majorcan side that have steadily improved as the season has gone on but this is another step up and Villarreal will be expected to win this one quite comfortably, especially at El Madrigal.
Villarreal vs Real Mallorca tip: Villarreal to win -1 handicap
