We do not expect Barcelona to win easily on Saturday, especially given their amount of absences through injury.
However, they have been in excellent form of late and should be able to gain a crucial victory in the end, which would move them top of La Liga for 24 hours at least.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 68.77%. A draw had a probability of 18.6% and a win for Mallorca had a probability of 12.66%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 0-2 with a probability of 11.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (10.71%) and 1-2 (9.69%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.82%), while for a Mallorca win it was 1-0 (4.01%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.
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