Atlético de Madrid visits an always complicated Mallorca

Atlético de Madrid, after receiving Real Madrid in a League match, plays at Ono Estadi de Palma against a Mallorca side that came away from there visit to the Estadio Vicente Calderón with a draw. Dani Güiza put the team managed by Gregorio Manzano in front in minute 18 and Mariano Pernía, in the 77th, scored the equaliser with an accurate left-footed shot. These two teams have faced each other in the islands in League play on 19 occasions, with a balance of 6 Mallorca victories, 7 draws and 6 wins for Atlético de Madrid. In all of these matches, the home side has tallied 22 goals, the same as Atleti. Atlético has drawn in Palma in three consecutive seasons, and last season the team coached by Javier Aguirre earned one point in a match in which the scoreboard didn’t move. The last time that Atleti won on Mallorca’s pitch was during the 2003/2004 season, when they won 0-1.