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Barca's Slim Lead: Mallorca Showdown Crucial
7 Feb
Summary
- Barcelona holds a precarious one-point lead over Real Madrid with 16 games remaining.
- Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi is a significant attacking threat with 15 goals this season.
- Barcelona's defense shows vulnerability, conceding more goals than rivals.

Barcelona enters a critical juncture in their LaLiga campaign, leading Real Madrid by a slender one-point margin with 16 matches left. Saturday's home fixture against 14th-placed Mallorca is deemed unusually high-pressure for league leaders like Barcelona. The team, boasting young talent Lamine Yamal, is expected to secure a win against a struggling Mallorca side desperate for points to avoid the relegation zone.
Barcelona will be without Raphinha due to a thigh injury, though his absence is expected to be short-term. While Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski are available, the focus will also be on Mallorca's primary attacking threat, Vedat Muriqi. The Kosovo international has been a standout performer for his team, scoring 15 goals this season and accounting for a significant portion of Mallorca's league goals.




