Copa del Rey: Real Sociedad vs Mallorca: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :February 25, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Modified at :February 25, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Imanol Alguacil’s side will try to make their home advantage count

Real Sociedad are currently tasked to utilise their home advantage after a stalemate in the first leg of the semi-finals of the 2023-24 Copa del Rey. Txuri-Urdin are currently in the sixth and final spot for European competition qualification spots in LaLiga. After this fixture, they have a league game against Sevilla and later a UEFA Champions League second leg Round of 16 bouts against France’s Paris Saint-Germain.

“They have a quality team, that is playing in the Champions League, so I’m satisfied with the result,” was the statement of RCD Mallorca head coach Javier Aguirre after the 0-0 result in the first leg. Interestingly, Los Bermellones failed to even put a shot on target in the entire 90 minutes at their home, Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, in that match. Aguirre’s side are sitting in 16th place in the Spanish top flight.

Kick-Off:

Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at 8:30 PM UK

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 at 2:00 AM IST

Location: Anoeta Stadium

Form

Real Sociedad (in all competitions): L-W-L-L-D

Mallorca (in all competitions): D-L-W-D-L

Players to Watch

Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad)

Takefusa Kubo used to be in the ranks of Spanish giants Real Madrid. After a permanent move to Real Sociedad that does include a buy-back clause for Los Blancos, Kubo is making his presence felt. Even in the last meeting against Mallorca, the winger was on the scoresheet.

Cyle Larin (Mallorca)

Just like Kubo, in the LaLiga encounter recently against Sociedad, Cyle Larin was trying to do the damage. Although the striker failed to find the back of the net, chances are he will be starting once again. The 28-year-old Canadian forward has 4 goals and an assist after making 5 appearances in this Copa del Rey edition.

Match Facts

The first leg of this semi-final fixture ended 0-0
After that game, Sociedad faced Mallorca in the league where they were victorious 2-1
The winner will either face Athletic Club or Atlético de Madrid in the finals

Injury & Team News

The home team will be missing out on Martin Merquelanz, Carlos Fernández, Álvaro Odriozola and Aihen Munoz. All are troubled with some sort of knee injury while Munoz specifically is out with ACL. Defender Aritz Elustondo’s involvement is a doubt along with Mikel Oyarzabal. Both have muscle injuries.

The visiting camp will be only without fullback Pablo Maffeo. Maffeo suffered a knee injury back on January 15.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 26

Real Sociedad wins – 15

Mallorca wins – 7

Draws – 4

Predicted Lineup

Real Sociedad predicted lineup (4-3-3):

Remiro (GK); Traore, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Galan; Mendez, Zubimendi, Merino; Kubo, Umar, Zakharyan

Mallorca predicted lineup (5-3-2):

Greif (GK); Gonzalez, Valjent, Nastasic, Copete, J. Costa; Rodriguez, S. Costa, Darder; Larin, Abdon

Match Prediction for Real Sociedad vs Mallorca

In just February, this second-leg tie of the semi-finals will be their third meeting in all competitions. After a 0-0 draw in the first leg, both sides collided in the league. In that game, we saw Sociedad win 2-1. Given this fixture is at home plus Alguacil’s side are more stronger on paper, a home win is the way to go and find a place in the finals.

Prediction: Real Sociedad 1-0 Mallorca

Telecast for Real Sociedad vs Mallorca

India – FanCode

UK – ViaPlay, BT Sport

US – ESPN+

Nigeria – No Telecast

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