Mallorca vs Barcelona 2025: Kickoff Time, Team News, Predicted Lineups, Where to Watch, & Preview
- bobandjimofficial
- Aug 12
- 2 min read
Barcelona kick off their 25/26 La Liga season against Mallorca at Son Moix. With Barcelona’s new signings, Joan Garcia, Marcus Rashford, and Roony Bardghji ready to make their competitive debut and Mallorca looking to kick their season off with a massive upset, here’s your full match preview, with kick off time, lineups, team news, and other stats.
Match Info
Competition | La Liga 25/26, Matchday 1/38 |
Date | Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
Kickoff | 7:30 pm Local Time, 1:30 pm EST |
Venue | Son Moix, Majorca |
TV/Stream | ESPN (USA), TSN (Canada), Premier Sports (UK) |
Barcelona Team News:
Robert Lewandowski will miss the first two La Liga matches after suffering a hamstring injury in training.
Dani Olmo missed Barca's Gamper Trophy match against Como with overload, although it's yet to be seen whether he'll be back for the Mallorca match.
Marc Bernal has been given the green light to return from an ACL tear suffered in August 2024, but didn't feature in preseason and likely won't feature against Mallorca.
While Marc-Andre ter Stegen doesn't look to have a spot in Barca's 25/26 side anyway, he's confirmed his asbence for at least the first half of the season, undergoing back surgery and starting the process of being deregistered by Barcelona.
New signings Marcus Rashford and Joan Garcia still haven't been registered and Barca is looking to register them with salary space freed by Inigo Martinez and Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Mallorca Team News
No major absences reported for Mallorca ahead of their season opener against Barcelona
Match Preview
While Barcelona will be relying on their seemingly still otherworldly attack against Mallorca, who scored 20 goals in 4 preseason matches, Mallorca will be relying on giant killer Vedat Muriqi, with four goals against Barcelona and Madrid throughout his career.
It'll also be an interesting match for goalkeepers. Joan Garcia is expected to make his competitive debut with Barcelona and should be registered in time, and Mallorca is expected to start usual backup Leo Roman, whose previous two matches are a 2-1 loss to Madrid in which he got 10 saves and a 9.3 match rating, and a 1-0 loss to Barcelona in which he got 12 saves and a 9.4 match rating.
H2H Record
Results of the last five meetings between Barcelona & Mallorca
La Liga MD33, 24/25 | Barcelona 1-0 Mallorca |
La Liga MD19, 24/25 | Mallorca 1-5 Barcelona |
La Liga MD24, 23/24 | Barcelona 1-0 Mallorca |
La Liga MD7, 23/24 | Mallorca 2-2 Barcelona |
La Liga MD37, 22/23 | Barcelona 3-0 Mallorca |
Key Stats
Barcelona have won the past 3 meetings between these two with a combined score of 7-1.
Barcelona haven't lost at Son Moix since 2009, going 9 unbeaten at the stadium since then, and winning 8.
Mallorca has got a result in only in one of the past 15 meetings between these two, a 2-2 draw in 2023. Before that, their last result was a 1-1 draw in Barcelona in 2010.
Barcelona haven't been held scoreless against Mallorca since 2002, scoring in 34 consecutive meetings since then.
Look at Barcelona's La Liga Schedule for 2025/26:
Hansi Flick's Barcelona will be eager to kick off their title defence with a win, but Mallorca could be a stumbling block for the Catalans. Who do you think will win?
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