Alaves vs Mallorca Prediction, 8/21/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 8/19/2021

Game: Alaves vs Mallorca

Date: Saturday, August 21, 2021

Location: Mendizorrotza Stadium in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Alaves (+120) Mallorca (+250)

Abdon Prats and Mallorca (0-1-0, 7th in La Liga) are headed to Mendizorrotza Stadium on Saturday where they'll take on Alaves (0-0-1, 19th in La Liga). The goalkeepers protecting the net are Fernando Pacheco for Alaves and Manolo Reina for Mallorca. Mallorca are priced at +250 while the Babazorros are at +120. The over/under is set at 2.5.

Alaves faced Real Madrid in their last game and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 4-1. Alaves attempted 10 dribbles in this matchup and were successful in 6 of the attempts for a rate of 60.0%. When talking about passing the ball, they had a 84.9% received passes percentage by completing 370 out of their 436 pass targets in their last match.

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In regard to shooting accuracy, Alaves finished the game at a 30.0% rate by hitting 3 shots on target of 10 total shots.

Lucas Perez is a player who should be able to impact this match for Alaves. Perez has been in the starting lineup in 213 contests in his career while he scores 0.36 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing Spain has 75 goals scored in 18,962 mins. He has 42 assists while earning 35 yellow card warnings during his career.

Another guy who could decide the outcome is Joselu, the forward who is from Germany. He has assisted on a goal 15 times in his career and he has scored 64 total goals. Joselu has 17,563 mins during 188 starts and has been given a total of 30 yellow card warnings. He sports an average of 0.33 goals per 90 thus far in his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Alaves will be Fernando Pacheco. Pacheco has been on the field for a total of 22,771 minutes and has 731 saves so far in his career. His GA/90 is 1.3 (318 goals surrendered) and his save percentage is 71.8%. The goalie hailing from Spain has faced 1,027 shots sent his way in 254 career starts. Pacheco (90-63-100 record during his soccer career) has accumulated 76 shutouts, which leaves him with a 29.9% clean sheet rate.

In their last game, Mallorca were able to avoid a loss with a score of 1-1 against Betis. Mallorca finished the match with a 42.9% successful dribble percentage by completing 3 out of the 7 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this contest by converting 243 of the 322 attempted passes for a rate of 75.5%. Mallorca connected on 1 shot on target out of their 6 shots tried which had them sitting at a 16.7% clip when they last stepped onto the pitch.

Abdon Prats will be someone to watch for Mallorca. He averages 0.36 goals per 90 mins and has been given a starting assignment in 48 games so far in his career. The forward representing Spain has totaled 5,443 professional minutes and he has scored 22 goals. He has accumulated 11 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 10 times. Be sure to watch out for Dani Rodriguez, the midfielder hailing from Spain. He has accumulated 22 goals during his soccer career while assisting on a goal 15 different times. Rodriguez has been given 35 yellow cards in 12,288 mins (143 starts). His goals per 90 average in his career is 0.16.

Manolo Reina will look after the goal for Mallorca. During his career, Reina has allowed 344 goals and has totaled 770 stops in 286 starts. He has allowed 1.20 goals per 90 minutes while earning a mark of 107-82-97. He sports a save % of 72.4 and his clean sheet rate is 31.8%. Reina has tallied 91 shutouts and defended 1,066 shots attempted against him in 25,727 minutes throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Mallorca (+250)

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