Mallorca and Elche will face on Saturday the 4th of March at 6:30 pm in the 24th week of the La Liga. The match will be staged in Palma de Mallorca at the Iberostar Estadi. The referee will be José Luis Munuera Montero.
Mallorca occupies the 10th place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Espanyol in its last match in the La Liga. Up to now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 10 times.
Elche occupies the 20th position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Real Betis in its last match in the La Liga. Until now, it has won once, draw 6 times, and lost 16 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Mallorca
Mallorca has mostly adopted the 5-4-1 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 65.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-4-1 (15 times), 5-3-2 (6 times) and 3-4-2-1 (2 times).
Javier Aguirre Onaindía is expected to play against Elche with the following players: Predrag Rajković, Jaume Costa, Martin Valjent, Giovanni Gonzalez, Raillo, Pablo Maffeo, Lee Kang-In, Dani Rodríguez, Ruiz de Galarreta, Vedat Muriqi and Tino Kadewere.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Mallorca would be 29.18.
Dennis Hadžikadunić will definitely miss the match.
Elche
Elche has mostly adopted the 3-4-3 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 26.09%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-3 (6 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Pablo Javier Machín Díez is expected to play against Mallorca with the following players: Edgar Badia, Helibelton Palacios, Pedro Bigas, Diego Gonzalez, Clerc, Omar Mascarell, Gumbau, J. Carmona Navarro, Fidel, Ezequiel Ponce and Lucas Boyé.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Elche would be 29.90.
John Donald, C. Soler, Federico Fernández, Javier Pastore and Pere Milla will definitely miss the match.
Pablo Javier Machín Díez will not be able to have the presence of Lisandro Magallán, Enzo Roco and Pape Diop who are all suspended.
