Real Mallorca v Barcelona La Liga – live!

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8.05pm BST
Real Mallorca: Reina, Raillo, Valjent, Sastre, Pozo, Pedraza, Dani Rodriguez, Kubo, Salva Sevilla, Budimir, Cucho Hernandez.Subs: Parera, Sene, Xisco Campos, Abdon, Lago Junior, Baba, Gamez, Salibur, Trajkovski, Chavarria, Sedlar, Febas.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Araujo, Jordi Alba, Busquets, De Jong, Vidal, Messi, Braithwaite, Griezmann.Subs: Neto, Inaki Pena, Semedo, Junior, Umtiti, Monchu, Rakitic, Vidal, Riqui Puig, Collado, Suarez, Ansu Fati.
5.26pm BST
As La Liga resumes, reigning champions Barcelona are in pole position. They’re two points ahead of Real Madrid as they pursue title number 27. Lionel Messi has recovered from a thigh strain picked up in training last week, while Luis Suarez is available again after his January knee surgery. By contrast, tonight’s opponents Mallorca, promoted last season, are in a relegation scrap this time around. Barca saw them off with ease, 5-2, at Camp Nou back in December; they’ve scored 14 goals in their last three meetings with the Balearic Islanders. This is surely only going to end one way.
But there’s always hope in football. Mallorca were on a decent run before lockdown, with two wins and a draw in their last four matches. Barca, meanwhile, will still be smarting from a 2-0 loss in the clasico back at the start of March, and they’ve only won one away match in the league since the start of December. Continue reading...

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