Barcelona travel to Real Mallorca on Tuesday looking to recover from recent poor form that has opened the door to the La Liga title race for Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.

After being at the top of the table in the first half of November, the Catalans remained at the top of the table just one point ahead of reigning champions Madrid after three winless league games – most recently a 2-1 home defeat against Las Palmas.

With Los Blancos taking on Athletic Club on Wednesday, Barca are under pressure to ensure they don’t give Carlo Ancelotti’s side a chance to get past them this week.

Mallorca will be no pushovers, however: Jagoba Arrasate’s men came from behind to beat Valencia 2-1 last Friday and are sixth in the table after 15 games.

Only Madrid, Atletico and Villarreal have won in the league on this ground since mid-February, while Mallorca also managed a 2-2 draw against Barca in this game last season.

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Mallorca vs. Barcelona lineups, expected starting XI, team news

Mallorca is a welcome striker Vedat Muriqi from suspension, and Sport reported that he will be used as a partner in attack Abdon Prats. That means Canada is ahead Cyle Larinwho scored the equalizer against Valencia last time out, drops to the bench.

Omar Mascarell And Antonio Sanchez They are expected to anchor a midfield that has a lot of work to do to limit Barca’s control of the game.

Expected lineup for Mallorca (4-4-2, right to left): Roman (TW) – Maffeo, Valjent, Raillo, Mojica – Valery, Mascarell, Sanchez, Chiquinho – Muriqi, Prats

Injured: Lato, Copete, Cuellar
Exposed: None

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Flick said he would start both Lamine Jamal And Dani Olmoand with Marc Casado The Catalans look stronger after returning from suspension.

Alejandro Balde is expected to be available after recovering from the neck blow he suffered against Las Palmas, but Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen And Marc Bernal are still offside. goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen will not return until spring 2025 at the earliest.

Predicted Barcelona formation (4-3-3, right to left): Pena (TW) – Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde – Olmo, Casado, Pedri – Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha

Injured: Araujo, Bernal, Christensen, Fati, Ter Stegen
Exposed: None

Mallorca vs. Barcelona live stream, TV channel

Here’s how you can watch this La Liga game in select areas of the world’s major regions: