PALMA DE MALLORCA. Mallorca conquered Osasuna. Osasuna lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Iberostar Estadi stadium in Palma de Mallorca on Thursday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. In front of 14,192 spectators.​ The referee was Mario Melero López with the assistance of José Luis Martínez Serrato and José Francisco García Lozano. The 4th official was Sergiu Claudiu Muresan. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.51 degrees Celsius or 58.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Osasuna was in firm control of the ball 58% while Mallorca was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Mallorca was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mallorca won the match​.

Mallorca shot 15 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Osasuna shot 12 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Mallorca received 3 yellow cards (Jaume Costa, Pablo Maffeo and Antonio Raíllo). On the opposite side, Osasuna received 1 yellow card (Chimy Ávila).

Standings

After playing this contest, Mallorca has 18 points to remain in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Osasuna will stays with 19 points like Villarreal to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Mallorca will play away with Real Madrid on the 3rd of January with a 16-6 head to head in favor of Real Madrid (2 draws).

Osasuna will host Almería on the 3rd of January with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Osasuna (4 draws).

Mallorca – Formation

Mallorca started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Javier Aguirre Onaindía decided to play with the following team: Dánjal Á Lakjuni, Predrag Rajkovic  (7.3), Giovanni González (6.4), Antonio Raíllo (8.4), Matija Nastasić (7.7), Pablo Maffeo (7.3), Samuel Costa (6.7), Manu Morlanes (6.4), Jaume Costa (7.5), Antonio Sánchez (6.8), Dani Rodríguez (9.4) and Cyle Larin (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Siebe Van Der Heyden, Abdón Prats (6.7), Dominik Greif, Javi Llabrés, Amath Ndiaye, Iván Cuéllar, Ruben Quintanilla, David López, Marcos Fernández Cózar, Daniel Luna, José Copete (6.6) and Sergi Darder (6.8).

Substitutions

Mallorca made 5 changes: Cyle Larin for Abdón Prats (70′), Dani Rodríguez for Amath Ndiaye (90′), Manu Morlanes for Sergi Darder (71′), Jaume Costa for José Copete (79′) and Dani Rodríguez for Amath Ndiaye (90′).

Player of the match: Dani Rodríguez​

The most impressive player for Mallorca was Dani Rodríguez.

His rating is 9.4 with 1 goal, 25 passes (68% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.

Osasuna – Formation

Osasuna started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo played with: Rubén García, Sergio Herrera (7.5), Jesús Areso (6.4), David García (7.0), Juan Cruz (6.4), Rubén Peña (6.6), Pablo Ibáñez Lumbreras (7.3), Lucas Torró (6.7), Moi Gómez (6.8), Jon Moncayola (7.1), Ante Budimir (7.0) and José Manuel Arnáiz (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nacho Vidal, Unai García, Darko Brašanac, Kike Barja (7.0), Aitor Fernández, Raúl García (7.3), Jorge Herrando, Pablo Valencia, Alejandro Catena, Aimar Oroz (6.7), Iker Munoz (7.1) and Chimy Ávila (7.1).

Substitutions

Osasuna made 5 changes: Moi Gómez for Iker Munoz (46′), Lucas Torró for Aimar Oroz (46′), José Manuel Arnáiz for Raúl García (66′), Jon Moncayola for Kike Barja (81′) and Pablo Ibáñez Lumbreras for Chimy Ávila (66′).

Player of the match: Sergio Herrera​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Osasuna was the goalkeeper: Sergio Herrera. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Deportivo Alavés – Real Madrid – 0-1
• Cádiz – Real Sociedad – 0-0
• Mallorca – Osasuna – 3-2
• Real Betis – Girona – 1-1