Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca 7/3/20 - La Liga Picks & Predicitons

Atletico Madrid hosts Mallorca on Friday in a top-flight Spanish La Liga fixture. Atletico is in third place in La Liga with a record of 21-7-5 on 59 points, but 12 points adrift of first-place Real Madrid. Atletico is unbeaten in 11 consecutive matches in La Liga action after a late equalizer gave them a 2-2 draw against Barcelona on Tuesday night. Saul Niguez scored a pair of goals from the penalty spot for Atletico as the capital side continues its fight for Champions League qualification.

Atletico Madrid on its home pitch has not lost since the beginning of December in league action. Over its most recent five matches played Atletico has 4 wins and 1 draw to take 13 of 15 points. Atletico has scored 11 goals and its backline and goalkeepers have allowed just three goals in those five matches, including three clean sheets. Alvaro Morata is the leading goal scorer for Atletico with nine, while Angel Correa is the assists leader with six. 

Mallorca is battling against relegation and currently sits in 18th place in the La Liga table. Mallorca is five points shy of safety and will have its hands full on the road against Atletico on Friday. Mallorca is 8-5-20 on 29 points. Los Bermellones played exceptionally well in their last outing thumping Celta Vigo 5-1. The victory was Mallorca’s first since returning from the lockdown on hiatus but that was on its home pitch and on the road Mallorca has the worst record in the top-flight having lost 13 of it's 16 matches .

Mallorca has one win, one draw and three losses over its most recent five fixtures in the legal action. Over that span of five matches, Mallorca has scored 7 goals, of which 5 came in a rout of Celta Vigo Tuesday night, and the back line and goalkeepers have allowed eight goals.. Ante Budimir is the leading goal scorer for Mallorca with 12, while Takefusa Kubo is the assists leader with four.