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Friday Football Tips: Back Mallorca's card count at Barca

  • Paul Higham
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Paul Higham has a 9/25.50 Bet Builder for Mallorca's trip to Barcelona, where he fancies the visitors to collect a few cards.


Eight points behind Real Madrid with 11 games left - it's not quite time for Barcelona to throw the towel in for the title but they'll need to navigate a tricky test against Mallorca to stay in the hunt.

Real have drawn three of their last five to give Barca some hope, but Xavi saw Frenkie de Jong and Pedri join his lengthy injury list - and with a huge Champions League next week makes this an even tougher test.

Plus, 15th-placed Mallorca will be no pushovers, beating second-placed Girona last week, holding Barca to a 2-2 draw in the reverse leg and making the Copa Del Rey semis.

Ultimately, though, the islanders have been pretty travel sick, with no wins in 10 away games and just two goals in their last eight trips - so don't expect goals, but expect them to put up a fight....

Leg 1: Mallorca over 3.5 cards

Only Getafe have more than Mallorca's 81 yellow cards this season, and when they lose their heads...they really lose their heads.

We'll snap up the 27/103.70 on Mallorca to get over 3.5 cards here as despite not being the Nou Camp it's still Barcelona away, which is a huge fixture.

They've had four or more cards 12 times this season - including in the reverse fixture when they had five, and a red, in that 2-2 draw.

Leg 2: Dani Rodriguez 2+ fouls

For all these cards somebody needs to be committing some fouls, and Dani Rodriguez is right up there for Mallorca this season with 62.

He gave away four, while also getting booked, in the last game against Barca, but it's the 4/71.57 on Rodriguez for 2+ fouls that we're adding here.

Two fouls is the least Rodriguez has managed in five of his last six games, and there's a case for backing him to get three fouls at 27/103.70 but we'll be slightly conservative for our Bet Builder.

Back Mallorca over 3.5 cards & Rodriguez 2+ fouls @ 9/25.50

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