Mallorca vs Athletic: prediction for the La Liga fixture

After a successful performance in the previous season, in which Mallorca secured a 2nd spot at Segunda, club also got off to a strong start in La Liga, building a solid handicap. Unfortunately, team failed to retain the high level of performance, so now club is dangerously close to the relegation zone. 

After 22 rounds of La Liga The Barralet have five victories and eight draws, delivering 23 points, team is only four points clear of relegation zone. The Islanders' offensive line is looking weak, they scored less than one goal per game on average. After a string of bad matches The Red-Blacks recorded a home win over Cadiz (2:1). 

Luis Plaza's men started the Spanish Cup with a victory over Gimnastica Segoviana (2:0 a.e.t.), after that they recorded a massive victory over Llanera (6:0). After that hosts also beat Eibar and Espanyol, but in the quarter-final hosts were eliminated by Rayo Vallecano (0:1). 

Baba and Greif are unavailable for the upcoming match. 

For another time Athletic put up a great performance in domestic cups. On January, Basques reached the final of Spanish Super Cup, but failed to beat Real Madrid. A few days after, The Lions took revenge over the Blancos in the Spanish Cup, eliminating the leader of La Liga from the tournament, after that Bilbao team also beat Barcelona in extra time (3:2 a.e.t.). 

In the first semi-final match of Spanish Cup 24-time holder of the trophy drew to Valencia (1:1). In La Liga Marcelino's men are not so successful now, but latest rounds improved the situation and gave hope for European competitions zone.

Vencedor, Capa, Petxa and Williams won't feature in the upcoming match.