Mallorca vs Osasuna Preview: Odds, Tips and Prediction

In 2025, Mallorca have arguably been the worst club in Spain, unable to score a single goal in five matches (losing all five games) across all competitions with three of those defeats coming in La Liga against Villarreal (4-0), Real Betis (0-1), and Atletico Madrid (2-0).

Jagoba Arrasate’s men now find themselves dumped out of the Copa del Rey, by third-tier Pontevedra (3-0), and seemingly off the pace for possible UEFA Europa League qualification, surrendering their position in January to Rayo Vallecano (6th) and Osasuna (7th).

Prior to last week’s loss away at title-chasing Atletico Madrid, Arrasate stated that Los Bermellones “need to regain the essence of the first half of the season”, the approach will be the same going into this crucial encounter.

Mallorca succumbed to a 1-0 defeat on the opening day of La Liga, after failing to clear their lines with Osasuna’s Ruben Garcia pouncing on the second ball and smashing the ball into the net to claim maximum points.

Despite the lack of goals, Mallorca haven’t signed anyone during the January transfer window fully placing their trust in strikers Cyle Larin and Vedat Muriqi to regain their form from earlier this season.

“Pablo Maffeo, when he was at Girona, was the hardest defender I’ve ever faced,” claimed Lionel Messi. The diminutive Argentine full-back was ruled out of last weekend’s game with Atletico Madrid at the very last moment citing discomfort.

Maffeo, along with Johan Mojica are essential in Arrasate’s plan to quickly shift the ball to wider areas and get crosses into Larin and Muriqi.

Osasuna have leapfrogged Mallorca in the La Liga standings, coming into this fixture unbeaten in three matches with a pair of 1-1 draws against in-form Rayo Vallecano and Las Palmas followed up by last weekend’s impressive 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad, courtesy of an Ante Budimir brace.

On home soil, Vicente Moreno’s troops are statistically the fourth-best team in La Liga (behind Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao). However, their struggle has been converting that form on their travels (only the bottom four clubs have a worse record), scoring just six goals in 10 matches.

Following last week’s La Liga victory over Real Sociedad, Moreno stated: "It was a great match, although the match of our lives is coming on Thursday. We are very happy; we have been wanting to get this victory for many matches. We have worked hard and in the end, it has happened. The role of the fans has been crucial.

"We were spoiled by that goal, but Budimir deserves extra recognition. He's making history. He's continuing to do what he wants and he's not going to stop.

"It is normal that people get excited, we give our lives so that they have excitement. For Thursday there were more than 6,000 people who signed up for the draw, it is something incredible, everything we get is for them."

Referring to Osasuna’s midweek Copa del Rey tie against Real Sociedad which will surely have a factor to play in this match, seeing as Mallorca will have the entire week to solely prepare for this crucial La Liga encounter.