Match Report
Deportivo Alavés went into the game 14th in the table on 43 points; Mallorca sat 18th on 42 — a 1-point gap. Recent form flatters Mallorca's table spot — 10th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 18th. Per game in the league, Deportivo Alavés were scoring 1.16 and conceding 1.47, Mallorca 1.24 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 5 Deportivo Alavés wins, 7 for Mallorca, 4 draws, at 1.56 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 19% of the meetings.
Estadio de Mendizorroza, capacity 19,840, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Mallorca led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Alavés: Toni Martínez (56'), Toni Martínez (69') · Mallorca: Jan Virgili (18')
Key stats
Possession: Deportivo Alavés 50% · Mallorca 50% · Total shots: 15-4 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 9-4