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Barcelona go back and forth to Mallorca in La Liga on Tuesday in search of their seventh consecutive victory across all competitions after a 3-2 comeback win over Celta Vigo this past Saturday. Xavi’s men have 16 points from a conceivable 18 so far this season and now lead the Spanish topflight after Real missing to Madrid rivals Atletico in the derby on Sunday. Mallorca have one win, two draws and three losses from their opening run of games which places them in 15th after a 5-3 defeat to Girona. Barca have kicked on since their opening draw with Getafe and are now in formidable form across domestic and continental action and the Catalan giants’ 11-game winning run against Mallorca is unlikely to be threatened here — Los Bermellones final whip Barca back in 2009.
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How to watch and oddsDate: Tuesday, Sept. 26 | Time: 3:30 p.m. ETLocation: Visit Mallorca Estadi — Palma de Mallorca, SpainTV: ESPN | Live stream: FuboOdds: Mallorca +500; Draw: +320; Barca -188Team news
Mallorca: Omar Mascarell and Antonio Raillo are out while Abdon netted two against Girona so must start while Vedat Muriqi must also continue. Javier Aguirre is unlikely to ring major changes after the Girona loss but could reintroduce Jose Manuel Copete to the back line.
Potential Mallorca XI: Rajkovic; Maffeo, Valjent, Nastasic, Copete, Lato; D Rodriguez, Morlanes, Costa, Prats; Muriqi.
Barcelona: Frenkie de Jong hurt his ankle against Celta which is likely to rule him out for no less than a month while Pedri is still lacking with a thigh issue which could see Gavi, Oriol Romeu and Ilkay Gundogan form the midfield. Ronald Araujo returned against Celta and could replace Andreas Christensen. Xavi might start Raphinha too with Alejandro Balde switching back to the correct side after a spell at left back.
Potential Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Cancelo, Kounde, Araujo, Balde; Gundogan, Romeu, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Felix.
Prediction
This one must be tight but Barcelona are likely to extend their good record against Mallorca with another three-point haul here. Barca almost threw it absent against Celta before a late show of strength so expect this one to be more controlled. Pick: Mallorca 1, Barcelona 2.