Atlético Madrid are strong favourites to take all three points despite RCD Mallorca's home advantage in Saturday's late match at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix.
*Betting Company* are offering odds of 2.0 on Atlético sealing the win, with the visitors sitting fourth in La Liga table.
Mallorca, who are 16th in the league and 32 points behind Atlético, are priced at 3.9 to win. A draw is set at 3.25.
With 62 goals in 33 games so far this season, Atlético are scoring more than average in the league with 1.9 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 39 goals at a rate of 1.2 per game.
Mallorca, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 0.8 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.
In the last 10 years, Mallorca and Atlético have played each other on seven occasions. Mallorca won three of them and Atlético four.
On average, Mallorca scored 0.7 goals and Atlético 1.4 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on November 25, when Atlético won 1-0 at home.
The hosts are in disappointing form in La Liga, with one win and two draws from their last six games.
With three wins and three losses over that period, the away team's form is better – they have taken nine points from 18, compared to Mallorca's five.
In Alvaro Morata, Atlético have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched 14 goals in 28 appearances, to sit seventh in the scoring charts.
Mallorca's top scorers, with six goals each, are Abdón Prats and Vedat Muriqi.
Mallorca's last match was on Sunday, a 1-1 draw against Cádiz, with Muriqi getting the goal for Mallorca.
Atlético beat Athletic Club Bilbao 3-1 last time out, on April 27, with Rodrigo De Paul, Unai Simón (own goal) and Ángel Correa on the scoresheet.
Updated: 12:00 (UTC), 02/05/24