Mallorca vs Deportivo La Coruna
Spain – LaLiga2 Playoff
Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Iberostar (Palma de Mallorca).
Mallorca RCD Form & Team News
Mallorca lost the first leg of the Segunda Division playoff final after losing 2-0 at A Coruña. Vicente Moreno's side failed to register a shot on target, the third time they failed to score in their last four matches.
A red card for central midfielder Marc Pedraza shortly before half-time didn't help. Six other players took yellow cards and such indiscipline needed to be addressed before the second leg.
Returning to the Iberostar Estadi will be greeted with Mallorca winning just one of their last six matches. Top scorer Junior Lago hasn't scored since April and Abdón Prats also failed, so we can see the return of Ante Budimir or Ariday Cabrera up front.
Mallorca can be supported at 2.10 to win, but I am worried about their last appearance. Mallorca have seen under 2.5 goals in 11 of their last 13 Segunda Divison matches where my money went.
Team News & Forms Deportivo La Coruna
Deportivo recorded a 2-0 win in the first leg at Riazor with Federico Cartabia opening the scoring and Quique wrapped it up late. Jose Luis Marti's side defended firmly despite playing against 10 players in the second half.
Deportivo La Coruna is in a good position to return quickly to La Liga after being relegated at the end of the 2017-18 season. They will not take any risks in Mallorca knowing a draw or a slim defeat will ensure promotion.
Deportivo has been hard to beat in recent months, unbeaten in nine of their last 10 Segunda Divison matches. They are very stingy on the road, seeing under 1.5 goals in seven of their last 10 away matches in the Segunda Divison.
Vicente Gómez replaced Berlex Bergantiños just before the break in the first leg and could continue in midfield. Deportivo can be supported at 4.00 to win an away win with a draw paying 3.20 which is one of my choices.
Mallorca vs Deportivo La Coruna Head-to-head (h2h)
Five of the last six matches saw Deportivo win.
11 of the last 14 wins were recorded by the same team too.
In this venue, Mallorca conceded three or more goals in two of the last three matches.
Mallorca can only score three goals in their five home appearances.
Mallorca vs Deportivo La Coruna Prediction
Deportivo is on fire now. They are in four straight wins and are unbeaten in the last six matches. They also won seven of their last ten matches and have only lost once. The team managed to score two or more goals in three of their last four matches and were unbeaten in the last nine of them on the road.
What is important, all they need to do is keep the aggregate in their favor (those who have already been there, with a score of 2-0) to see their dreams of taking part in the top division come true. Their form must help them with this goal.
Besides that, they have h2h statistics that are very superior against this opponent. They won five of the last six meetings and recorded 11 of the last 14 wins. Also, in this venue, they have scored three or more goals in the last two matches and have conceded only three of the last five matches.
Therefore, hope Deportivo gets the third ticket to La Liga.
But understand that Mallorca has the support of the crowd. They are in 14 matches unbeaten at home and won 12 of them too. They have scored two or more goals in six of their last 11 home games too. By all means, estimate goals from both sides of the field this Sunday.
Tips on Mallorca Betting vs. Deportivo La Coruna
Both Teams to Score @ 9/10 (1.90)
Deportivo +0.5 Asian Handicap @ 8/10 (1.80) is weird
