Atletico Madrid vs. RCD Mallorca 12/4/21 LaLiga Soccer Picks, Prediction and Odds

Atletico Madrid is hosting RCD Mallorca at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in round 16 of the Spanish LaLiga. Atletico has been in a quite decent form right now, but they have lost in the Champions League to Milan last week, and now they need a win next week. Mallorca has won only 1 of their last 6 games, but at the moment they are outside the relegation zone.

Atletico Madrid is now in 2^nd place in LaLiga with 29 points, their defense is slowly improving, but it’s still not on their level. Even offensively, Atletico is doing really well this season, and they have scored 26 goals so far this season. in their last game against Cadiz, Atletico has had 63% of ball possession, 7 shots on goal, 8 corner kicks, 6 big chances created, and a solid 88% of the correct passes. The first half of this game was slow, but the second half was extraordinary. Atletico has scored 4 goals in the second half, while Cadiz scored 1 goal, and the final score was 1-4 in favor of Atletico Madrid. In the Champions League, it’s do or die for Atletico Madrid against Porto next week, and with a win, they might be going through, but with a draw or a loss, they will be staying home. Atletico has had a lot of struggles this season, and most of them are still here, but Atletico is improving.

Mallorca is not playing great right now, they have won only 1 of their last 8 games, and that was in the Spanish Cup against a lower division team. In LaLiga, Mallorca is now in 14^th place with 16 points, but they are barely scoring goals, while their defense is not doing a great job defending. Mallorca has conceded 22 goals so far, but I think they are good enough to stay in LaLiga for at least another season. Nino, Rodriguez, and Baba are the leading goalscorers for Mallorca with 2 goals each, while Rodriguez also added 2 assists. The injury list is not long for Mallorca, but some important players are on it, and that is a problem for this team because they don’t have a lot of depth. This is a bellow average team in LaLiga, but of all the bottom teams, Mallorca has been the best, and they have shown the most so far this season.

When playing at home, Atletico has not lost to Mallorca in their last 8 games, and I don’t think they will start now. Atletico is also still undefeated at home this season, while Mallorca has only 1 win on the road. I think Atletico is already thinking about the next week and the Champions League, but they can’t afford to lose this game.