We said: Barcelona 2-1 Mallorca
Mallorca are more than capable of making this an uncomfortable match for Barcelona, and we are expecting Friday's clash to be close in terms of the scoreline. Barcelona need to win to stay in the title picture, though, and we are backing them to navigate their way to an important three points here.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 73.18%. A draw had a probability of 16.7% and a win for Mallorca had a probability of 10.08%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.71%) and 3-0 (9.79%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.96%), while for a Mallorca win it was 0-1 (3.4%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.