Atlético Madrid defeats Mallorca 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

MADRID. Atlético Madrid was capable to reverse the score against Mallorca.

April 27, 2023

MADRID. Atlético Madrid was capable to reverse the scoreline against Mallorca. It was Mallorca to score first with a goal from Matija Nastasić. Nevertheless, later Atlético Madrid found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Rodrigo de Paul (45′), Álvaro Morata (47′) and Yannick Carrasco (77′). Atlético Madrid was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luis Pulido Santana with the collaboration of José Carlos Escuela Melo and Eliana Fernández González. The 4th official was Juan Antonio Campos Salinas. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.5 degrees Celsius or 77.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.

Match Statistics

Atlético Madrid

3 - 1

Mallorca

! 68 Ball Possession 32

Shots

24 Total 6
9 On Target 2
10 Off Target 1
5 Shots blocked 3

147 Attack 88
83 Dangerous attack 52
72 Ball safe 75

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 8

Fouls

10 Total 9
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Atlético Madrid had a strong ball possession 69% while Mallorca was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Madrid had a more offensive attitude with 83 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlético Madrid won the match.

Atlético Madrid shot 24 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Mallorca shot 6 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

20'

Matija Nastasic(goal)José Copete

Nahuel Molina(var)

41'

Rodrigo de Paul(goal)Antoine Griezmann

45'

46'

Antonio Sánchez- sub ->Matija Nastasić

Álvaro Morata (goal)Nahuel Molina

47'

55'

Vedat Muriqi- sub ->Abdón Prats

56'

Pablo Barrios- sub ->Thomas Lemar

63'

Saúl Ñíguez- sub ->Rodrigo de Paul

63'

77'

79'

Ángel Correa- sub ->Álvaro Morata

79'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Atlético Madrid will have 63 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Mallorca will stay with 40 points to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Atlético Madrid will play away against Real Valladolid on the 30th of April with a 13-2 head to head stats in favor of Atlético Madrid (4 draws).

Mallorca will host Athletic Club on the 1st of May with a 12-5 head to head stats in favor of Athletic Club (8 draws).

Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid

Ivo Grbic 1.Croatia

6.4

José María Giménez 2.Uruguay

6.8

Mario Hermoso 22.Spain

6.8

Nahuel Molina 16.Argentina

6.6

Axel Witsel 20.Belgium

7.2

Y. Carrasco 21.Belgium

8.1

77'

Koke 6.Spain

7.0

79'

Thomas Lemar 11.France

6.4

63'

Rodrigo de Paul 5.Argentina

7.4

63'

45'

Antoine Griezmann 8.France

8.8

Álvaro Morata 19.Spain

7.5

79'

47'

Substitutes

Antonio Gomis 31.Spain

Alejandro Iturbe 33.Spain

Marco Moreno 36.Spain

Sergio Reguilón 3.Spain

Matt Doherty 12.Republic of Ireland

Saúl Ñíguez 17.Spain

6.8

63'

Geoffrey Kondogbia 4.Central African Republic

6.7

79'

Pablo Barrios 24.Spain

6.8

63'

Ángel Correa 10.Argentina

6.2

79'

Carlos Martín 29.Spain

Atlético Madrid adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Diego Pablo Simeone decided to play with the following team: Ivo Grbić (6.4), Nahuel Molina (6.6), Axel Witsel (7.2), José María Giménez (6.8), Mario Hermoso (6.8), Yannick Carrasco (8.1), Rodrigo de Paul (7.4), Koke (7.0), Thomas Lemar (6.4), Álvaro Morata (7.5) and Antoine Griezmann (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Gomis, Ángel Correa (6.2), Alejandro Iturbe, Marco Moreno, Sergio Reguilón, Carlos Martín, Saúl Ñíguez (6.8), Matt Doherty, Geoffrey Kondogbia (6.7) and Pablo Barrios (6.8).

Atlético Madrid could not rely on the presence of Ángel Correa (injured).

Substitutions

Atlético Madrid made 4 changes: Rodrigo de Paul for Saúl (63′), Thomas Lemar for P. Rivas (63′), Álvaro Morata for Ángel Correa (79′) and Koke for Geoffrey Kondogbia (79′).

Best player: Antoine Griezmann

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Antoine Griezmann even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.8) with 55 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Mallorca – Formation

Mallorca

Predrag Rajkovic 1.Serbia

6.8

Jaume Costa 18.Spain

6.7

Matija Nastasic 2.Serbia

7.4

46'

20'

Pablo Maffeo 15.Argentina

6.8

Martin Valjent 24.Slovakia

José Copete 6.Spain

6.3

Dennis Hadzikadunic 5.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.5

Dani Rodríguez 14.Spain

7.6

Manu Morlanes 11.Spain

7.0

56'

Iddrisu Baba 12.Ghana

6.3

Ángel Rodríguez 22.Spain

6.6

56'

Abdón Prats 9.Spain

6.2

55'

Substitutes

Leo Román 31.Spain

Dominik Greif 13.Slovakia

Benjamín Garay 44.Argentina

Josep Gayá 29.Spain

Lee Kang-In 19.South Korea

6.8

56'

Antonio Sánchez 10.Spain

6.3

46'

C. Montiel 43.Spain

Tino Kadewere 17.Zimbabwe

Vedat Muriqi 7.Kosovo

6.6

55'

Amath Ndiaye 23.Senegal

6.2

56'

Also Mallorca adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Javier Aguirre Onaindía played with: Predrag Rajković (6.8), Pablo Maffeo (6.8), Martin Valjent, Dennis Hadžikadunić (6.5), Matija Nastasić (7.4), José Copete (6.3), Jaume Costa (6.7), Manu Morlanes (7.0), Iddrisu Baba (6.3), Dani Rodríguez (7.6) and Ángel Rodríguez (6.6), Abdón Prats (6.2).

They had on the bench: Leo Román, Benjamín Garay, Kang-in Lee (6.8), Antonio Sánchez (6.3), Tòfol Montiel, Tino Kadewere, Vedat Muriqi (6.6), Dominik Greif, Josep Gayá, Marcos Fernández and Amath Ndiaye (6.2).

Mallorca could not rely on the presence of Amath Ndiaye (injured).

Substitutions

Mallorca made 4 changes: Matija Nastasić for Antonio Sánchez (46′), Abdón Prats for Vedat Muriqi (55′), Ángel Rodríguez for Lee Kang-In (56′) and Manu Morlanes for Amath Ndiaye (56′).