MADRID. Real Madrid prevails over Mallorca 1-0 after A. Rüdiger scored just 1 goal (78′). Real Madrid was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Wednesday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. In front of 72,394 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz with the help of Eliana Fernández González and Fabián Blanco Rodríguez. The 4th official was Marta Huerta de Aza. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 8.95 degrees Celsius or 48.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Madrid was in firm control of the ball 67% while Mallorca was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Madrid was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Madrid won the match​.

Real Madrid shot 17 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Mallorca shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards (Andriy Lunin and Rodrygo). Talking about the opposition, Mallorca received 3 yellow cards (Matija Nastasić, Pablo Maffeo and Siebe Van Der Heyden).

Standings

After this match, Real Madrid has 48 points like Girona to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Mallorca will stays with 18 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Real Madrid will play away against Getafe on the 14th of January with a 25-6 head to head statistic in favor of Real Madrid (4 draws).

Mallorca will host Celta de Vigo on the 14th of January with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of Mallorca (4 draws).

Real Madrid – Formation

Real Madrid started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Carlo Ancelotti decided to play with the following team: Andriy Lunin (7.0), Daniel Carvajal (7.9), Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.5), Antonio Rüdiger (7.8), Fran García (7.1), Luka Modric  (8.7), Toni Kroos (7.5), Federico Valverde (8.2), Jude Bellingham  (8.2), Rodrygo (6.8) and Vinicius Junior  (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Brahim Díaz (6.7), Joselu (6.8), Lucas Vázquez (6.8), Dani Ceballos (6.4), Arda Güler , Kepa Arrizabalaga, Fran García, Nico Paz and Álvaro Carrillo.

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 4 changes: Vinicius Junior  for Brahim Díaz (60′), Toni Kroos for Joselu (67′), Luka Modric  for Dani Ceballos (86′) and Rodrygo for Lucas Vázquez (86′).

Player of the match: Luka Modric ​

The most impressive player for Real Madrid was Luka Modric  even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.7 with 71 passes (94% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Mallorca – Formation

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

Javier Aguirre Onaindía played with: Dánjal Á Lakjuni, Predrag Rajkovic  (7.5), Pablo Maffeo (6.4), Giovanni González (7.0), Antonio Raíllo (7.0), Matija Nastasić (7.1), Siebe Van Der Heyden (6.3), Antonio Sánchez (6.8), Manu Morlanes (7.1), Samuel Costa (7.3) and Dani Rodríguez (7.1), Cyle Larin (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: José Copete, Sergi Darder (6.8), Toni Lato (6.4), Omar Mascarell (6.3), Abdón Prats (7.0), Dominik Greif, Javi Llabrés, Amath Ndiaye (6.7), Iván Cuéllar, David López, Marcos Fernández Cózar and Daniel Luna.

Substitutions

Mallorca made 5 changes: Siebe Van Der Heyden for Toni Lato (46′), Antonio Sánchez for Amath Ndiaye (83′), Dani Rodríguez for Sergi Darder (73′), Manu Morlanes for Omar Mascarell (73′) and Cyle Larin for Abdón Prats (73′).

Player of the match: Predrag Rajkovic ​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mallorca was the goalkeeper: Predrag Rajkovic . His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Granada – Cádiz – 2-0
• Celta de Vigo – Real Betis – 2-1
• Girona – Atlético Madrid – 4-3
• Real Madrid – Mallorca – 1-0