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Sevilla FC-RCD Mallorca

Matchday 25 LALIGA EA Sports

Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán

21:00 CET

History

Real Club Deportivo Mallorca (RCD Mallorca) were founded in 1916 and are based in Palma, Mallorca. Mallorca’s peak was in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with a third-place finish in La Liga and winning the Copa del Rey in 2003. The club also won the 1998 Supercopa de España and reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1999. After a series of relegations and promotions, including a notable decline in the 2010s and even being relegated down to the third division, Mallorca returned to La Liga in 2019. They were relegated again in 2019/20 but bounced back to LaLiga after finishing 2^nd in 2020/21. In 2023/24 they reached the Copa del Rey final but were defeated by on penalties by Athletic Club.

Standings 

Following a 15^th place finish last season, Mallorca currently are flying high in the table and find themselves in 7^th place heading into the game - currently one point outside the European places – although this depends on the European coefficient and winner of the Copa del Rey. It has been a difficult 2025 so far for Mallorca with a run of five consecutive defeats to start the year, before a 1-1 draw against Osasuna and a much needed 3-1 win last time out against Las Palmas.

Last five meetings

27/8/24 Mallorca 0-0 Sevilla

22/4/24 Sevilla 2-1 Mallorca

9/12/23 Mallorca 1-0 Sevilla

11/2/23 Sevilla 2-0 Mallorca

15/10/22 Mallorca 0-1 Sevilla

Squad lowdown

Despite finding goals hard to come by, scored 23 goals in 24 league games, Mallorca find themselves in a hugely commendable 7^th place – eight of the goals having come from set pieces. Away from home they have picked up 15 points from 11 games with a record of five wins and six defeats. At the other end of the pitch, they have conceded 30 goals but have not kept a clean sheet in their last seven games in all competitions. Their top scorer is Kosovan international Vedat Muriqi followed by Cyle Larin on five and Dani Rodríguez on four.

Coach

Jagoba Arrasate had a modest playing career in lower leagues, mostly in the Basque Country, before retiring in 2007 at age 29. He transitioned into coaching, starting with Real Sociedad's youth teams, before being promoted to head coach in 2013. After a stint at Real Sociedad, he managed Numancia and Osasuna, achieving promotion to La Liga with Osasuna in 2019 and leading them to the Copa del Rey final in 2022. In June 2024 he became manager of RCD Mallorca.

Player links

Of the current squads no players have played for both teams.

Going back further some of the notable players to have played for both teams during their career include José Luis Martí, Marcos, Fernando Navarro, Miquel Soler and Alejandro Alfaro.

Classic meeting

Matchday 36 LALIGA

12 July 2020

Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán

On a sweltering summer evening in the middle of the covid pandemic we hosted Mallorca in a matched played behind closed doors. Heading into the game in 4^th place with a 6-point cushion over 5^th place a win would virtually guarantee Champions League football. Mallorca meanwhile wearing fighting for their lives in the relegation zone but a tantalising three points from safety. Lucas Ocampos opened the scoring from the spot just before the break and then in the second half a late Youssef En-Nesyri lob sealed all three points, although it would be goalkeeper Bono who would be awarded the man of the match. Watch the highlights here.