Preview: Pontevedra CF vs. Mallorca - prediction, team news, lineups

Mallorca volition beryllium aiming to publication their spot successful the last-16 signifier of the Copa del Rey erstwhile they tackle Pontevedra CF connected Friday evening.

The visitors entered the wintertime interruption successful Spain disconnected the backmost of successive wins implicit Girona and Getafe, which moved them into sixth spot successful the La Liga table, portion fourth-tier outfit Pontevedra person been victorious successful each of their past 5 matches successful each competitions.

Match preview

Pontevedra person already claimed 2 large scalps successful this season's Copa del Rey, beating Levante and Villarreal to scope the circular of 32, and they volition beryllium bidding to grounds different immense triumph successful the contention connected Friday night.

Yago Iglesias' broadside are enjoying an fantabulous play crossed the committee and they volition participate this clash disconnected the backmost of 5 consecutive wins, including 4 successful the league, which has near them astatine the apical of the Segunda Division RFEF Group 1 connected 39 points.

Ponte person not been contiguous successful the last-32 signifier of the Copa del Rey since 2007-08, portion they person not been successful the circular of 16 since 1971-72, which is an denotation of what is connected connection for the hosts here.

Pontevedra are unbeaten successful their past 7 matches successful beforehand of their ain supporters, signaling six wins successful the process, and having beaten Villarreal astatine location successful the contention past clip out, they volition beryllium afloat of assurance entering this clash.

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Mallorca, meanwhile, entered the planetary interruption successful Spain disconnected the backmost of successive wins implicit Girona and Getafe, which moved them into sixth presumption successful the La Liga array connected 30 points, six points extracurricular the Champions League spots.

The Pirates were 15th successful Spain's apical formation past word but person the look of European challengers this term, and determination is nary question that their main absorption volition beryllium connected the league successful the coming months.

However, they reached the last of past season's Copa del Rey, losing to Athletic Bilbao, and Los Bermellones won the contention backmost successful 2002-03.

Jagoba Arrasate's broadside volition instrumentality connected Real Madrid successful the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup connected January 9 up of a imaginable last against either Athletic Bilbao oregon Barcelona connected January 11.

Mallorca are backmost successful league enactment against Villarreal connected January 20, meanwhile, and it volition beryllium fascinating to spot what the squad tin execute this season, arsenic determination is simply a batch of endowment successful the squad.

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Team News

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Dalisson de Almeida has been Pontevedra's outstanding performer this season, scoring 9 goals and registering 1 assistance successful 19 appearances, and the 24-year-old should commencement for the location broadside successful this clash.

Chiqui has besides been successful fantabulous form, managing 5 goals and 3 assists successful 18 appearances, and the 27-year-old is acceptable to beryllium different starter for the fourth-tier outfit successful the clash with Mallorca.

No injuries person been reported from the team's 2-1 triumph implicit Real Avila earlier the wintertime break, truthful it is expected to beryllium the aforesaid squad disposable for the Copa del Rey fixture with Mallorca.

The visitors could beryllium without the services of Samu Costa owed to a muscular problem, but caput manager Arrasate could different person a afloat squad, with Manu Morlanes and Vedat Muriqi disposable aft caller suspensions.

There volition beryllium changes from the broadside that started against Getafe earlier the wintertime break, with Robert Navarro, Copete, Abdon Prats, Toni Lato, Mateu Morey among those acceptable to travel into the XI.

There is besides expected to beryllium a spot betwixt the sticks for Ivan Cuellar, arsenic Arrasate prepares to ringing the changes, but Sergi Darder is apt to clasp his spot successful a wide midfield position.

Pontevedra CF imaginable starting lineup:
Vizoso; Fontan, Garay, Gomez, Hernandez; Mayo; Dali, Novo, Pino, Chiqui; Lopez

We say: Pontevedra CF 1-3 Mallorca

Pontevedra are a beardown outfit successful bully form, and we are expecting the hosts to springiness their fans a extremity to cheer connected Friday night, but Mallorca's superior prime each implicit the tract should let them to beforehand to the adjacent signifier of the competition.

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