Mallorca vs Barcelona, La Liga: Match Thread, Live Updates

HALFTIME, Mallorca 2-1 Barcelona: A crazy end to the half with Mallorca in front thanks to two goals created by Barça’s poor defending, and the home team will look to defend the lead with their lives in the second half.

45’+3 GOAL, Mallorca 2-1 Barcelona (Prats): Mallorca retake the lead. Muriqi wins the header after a long ball from the back and Abdón Prats beats Ronald Araujo to the ball and finds the back of the net.

41’ GOAL!!! Mallorca 1-1 Barcelona (Raphinha): BARÇA EQUALIZE!!! A huge goal just before halftime as Raphinha chases down the ball after a tackle on João Cancelo and fires a gorgeous shot into the bottom corner!

8’ GOAL, Mallorca 1-0 Barcelona (Muriqi): Mallorca take the lead. A bad mistake by Marc-André ter Stegen trying to play out from the back leads to a scramble in the box and the ball eventually finds Vedat Muriqi, who buries it home and gives the home team the edge.

KICKOFF! Mallorca 0-0 Barcelona: And we’re underway at Son Moix!

WELCOME TO ESTADI SON MOIX!!! The cozy home of Mallorca in beautiful Palma de Mallorca is the site of a big La Liga match between the hosts and Barcelona, who come into this one after an epic comeback win at the weekend looking to protect their lead at the top of the table. But it won’t be easy against a Mallorca side that are always very tough at home and are a nightmare matchup for Barça, and this should be a real battle in the Balearic Islands. This should be fun, and you’re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!

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BARCELONA

Starting XI: Ter Stegen; Cancelo, Araujo, Iñigo, Balde; Gündogan, Romeu, Gavi; Raphinha, Ferran, Félix (4-3-3)

Substitutes: Peña (GK), Astralaga (GK), Kounde, Christensen, Alonso, Roberto, Fermín, Yamal, Lewandowski

MALLORCA

Starting XI: Rajkovic; González, Valjent, Nastastic, Copete, Maffeo; Rodríguez, Sánchez, Samu; Muriqi, Prats (5-3-2)

Substitutes: Greif (GK), Cuéllar (GK), Van Der Heyden, Costa, López, Mascarell, Morlanes, Darder, Quintanilla, Larin, Llabrés, Ndiaye

Competition/Round: 2023-24 La Liga, Matchday 7

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 9.30pm CET (Barcelona), 8.30pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3.30pm ET, 12.30pm PT (USA), 1am IST (India, Wednesday)

Venue: Estadi Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

VAR: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), SuperSport (Nigeria), Sports18 (India), Viaplay Sports 2 (UK), Not Available (Spain), TSN 5 (Canada), others

Online: ESPN+ (USA), LaLigaTV (UK), DAZN (Spain), others

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