Mallorca vs. Real Madrid: Preview, Forecasts, and Starting Lineups
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Mallorca vs. Real Madrid: Preview, Forecasts, and Starting Lineups Mallorca vs. Real Madrid: Preview, Forecasts, and Starting Lineups On Saturday night, Real Madrid will play Mallorca in an attempt to win La Liga for the third time in a row at the beginning of Xabi Alonso's rule. Although Madrid hasn't had a great preseason, Carlo Ancelotti's successor was able to utilize the Club World Cup in the summer as a helpful starting point to gauge the team's performance. They were pretty flat in their 1–0 win over Osasuna to kick off the campaign, but improvements were on show in a comfortable triumph at Real Oviedo last Sunday. Kylian Mbappé has started his second season with three goals in two games, and Alonso’s first iteration of Los Blancos certainly looks like the Frenchman’s team. Mallorca haven’t prevailed at the Bernabéu since 2009, so they’re hunting a rare victory on Saturday. Their campaign got off to the worst possible start when they were reduced to nine men in the first half of their clash with champions Barcelona, and Jagoba Arra…