La Liga: Mallorca beats Athletic Club 3-2

PALMA DE MALLORCA. Mallorca prevailed over Athletic Club.

PALMA DE MALLORCA. Mallorca overcame Athletic Club. Athletic Club lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Iberostar Estadi stadium in Palma de Mallorca on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In the presence of 12,904 spectators.​ The referee was Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos who was helped by Rubén Becerril Gómez and Diego Santaursula Aguado. The 4th official was José Antonio Sánchez Villalobos. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.9 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 61%.​

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  Mallorca

  3

  

  Athletic Club

  2

  14 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Athletic Club was in firm control of the ball 56% while Mallorca was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Mallorca was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Mallorca won the contest.

Mallorca shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Athletic Club shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Mallorca received 6 yellow cards (B. Olivan, Angel, M. Reina, A. Raillo, T. Kubo and V. Muriqi). On the other side, Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards (O. Zarraga, I. Muniain, Y. Berchiche and A. Berenguer).

After playing this contest, Mallorca will have 23 points to stay in the 17th place. On the other side, Athletic Club will stay with 34 points to stay in the 8th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming La Liga match, Mallorca will play away with Real Betis on the 20th of February with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Mallorca (6 draws).

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  Real Betis

  2

  

  Mallorca

  1

  20 Feb 2022 Full time

Athletic Club will host Real Sociedad on the 20th of February with a 11-8 head to head stats in favor of Real Sociedad (9 draws).

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  Athletic Club

  4

  

  Real Sociedad

  0

  20 Feb 2022 Full time

Mallorca: Formation and Lineups

Mallorca adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Luis García Plaza chose to play with the following team: Sergio Rico (6.1), Pablo Maffeo (6.4), Martin Valjent (6.8), Antonio Raillo (6.7), Brian Oliván (6.7), Takefusa Kubo (7.1), Iñigo Ruiz De Galarreta (6.8), Salva Sevilla (7.3), Dani Rodriguez (6.4), Vedat Muriqi (7.4) and Ángel Rodríguez (7.3).

Substitutes

Mallorca made 5 changes: S. Sevilla for A. Sanchez (64′), Angel for Lee Kang-In (73′), B. Olivan for J. Costa (90′), I. Ruiz de Galarreta for R. Battaglia (90′) and T. Kubo for G. Gonzalez (90′).

Top player: Vedat Muriqi

The player who no doubt impressed Mallorca the most was Vedat Muriqi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 22 passes (45% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 22. He performed 1 cross.

Athletic Club: Formation and Lineups

Also Athletic Club adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the other side, Marcelino García Toral played with: Unai Simón (5.9), Íñigo Lekue (6.2), Daniel Vivian (6.5), Unai Núñez (5.9), Mikel Balenziaga (6.1), Oier Zarraga (6.4), Dani García (6.3), Mikel Vesga (6.6), Iker Muniain (7.4), Oihan Sancet (6.8) and Raúl García (7.1).

Substitutes

Athletic Club made 5 changes: U. Nunez for A. Berenguer (46′), D. Garcia for Y. Berchiche (46′), R. Garcia for I. Williams (72′), M. Vesga for A. Petxa (72′) and O. Sancet for A. Villalibre (77′).

Top player: Yuri Berchiche

Probably the most impressive player in Athletic Club was Yuri Berchiche.

His rating is (7.6) with 26 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 46′.