Mallorca vs Villarreal Prediction, 8/18/2023 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 8/15/2023

Game: Mallorca vs Villarreal

Date: Friday, August 18, 2023

Location: Iberostar Estadi in ‎Palma de Mallorca, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Mallorca (+196) Villarreal (+152)

Iberostar Estadi is the location where Villarreal (19-6-11 last year) will play Mallorca (13-8-15 last season) on Friday. Mallorca opens at +196 and Villarreal are priced +152. The total is 2.5. The expected starting goaltenders will be Predrag Rajkovic Mallorca and Filip Jorgensen Villarreal.

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Mallorca earned 92 saves and held a save% of 74.4 last year. The team's differential on goals sat at -6 with the help of 34 goals finished in addition to 40 goals relinquished. For the previous season, this club finished with an average of 1.31 pts per match (47 pts) and were 14th in the league with 24 assists. The Pirates had a rank of 20th for expected goals with 32.9, and their xGA were at 41.7. Mallorca had 120 yellow cards for the previous season and also 4 red cards. Mallorca surrendered 40 goals while surrendering 1.11 goals per 90 min, and opposing teams had 133 SoT on them. They accounted for 12 clean sheets, which gave them a percentage of 33.3 over the course of last year.

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For the season, Villarreal CF had a save % of 77.5 (142 shots on target against), and also ranked 5th in the league with 63 points. The Submarino Amarillos held an average of 1.8 points per fixture while sitting with 32 assists and 4 red cards. Villarreal compiled 56 goals and the team's goals expected in the previous season sat at 59.6. Villarreal accumulated a shut out rate of 33.3 for the prior year in addition to 83 yellow card warnings. This team's goals against per 90 was at 1.00 in addition to 107 saves, and they tallied 12 clean sheets. Villarreal had a ranking of 4th when talking about goals against having 36, and their goal differential was 20.

The man who will defend the goal for Mallorca is Predrag Rajkovic. Rajkovic (67-56-54 record in his career) has earned 65 clean sheets, which gives him a 36.5% shutout rate. The goalie born in Serbia has had 661 shots tried against him in 178 starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.01 (179 total goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 75.5. Rajkovic has seen the pitch for a total of 15,930 minutes and has 475 stops during his pro soccer career.

Filip Jorgensen will look after the goal for Villarreal. During his career, Jorgensen has given up 16 goals while earning 35 saves in 14 starting assignments. He has conceded 1.14 goals per 90 mins and he has earned a record of 4-4-6. He holds a save percentage of 70.6 and his shutout rate is currently 28.6%. Jorgensen has tallied 4 shutouts while defending 51 shots tried against him in 1,260 career mins.

Vedat Muriqi is one member of the side who can help decide the match for Mallorca. The forward from Kosovo has 58 goals scored in 13,283 minutes played. Muriqi has been in the starting lineup in 142 contests during his pro soccer career while scoring 0.39 goals per 90 mins. He has 20 assists while accumulating 25 yellow card cautions so far in his career.

Villarreal stars Alex Baena, who pesters opposing defenses. He has 29 yellow card warnings in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 9 times. The forward born in Spain has totaled 4,996 mins while earning 11 goals. He is currently averaging 0.20 goals per 90 minutes and has been a starter in 57 matches in his pro soccer career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Mallorca (+196)

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