*VERY EARLY* SATURDAY POWER-BLAST ~ 30-11 RUN
- Handicapper
- Power Sports
- League
- SOCCER
- Competition
- Mallorca vs Valencia
- Time
- 10/23/2021 08:00 AM
- Bet Type
- Moneyline
- Pick
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Valencia -148
(BetRivers)
- Outcome
- Loss
- Analysis
- 9* Valencia (8:00 AM ET): So, as I talked about on Friday, La Liga seems a lot more wide open this season. One of the teams in the mix is Valencia, who currently sits 10th in the table amongst some of the “big boys” This despite the fact that the Bats have not won any of their last five fixtures. Overall, they’ve won three, drawn three and lost three. That leaves them with a very respectable 12 points though and I think they add to it with the full three on Saturday as they host struggling Mallorca.
Mallorca is a newly promoted side that - like Valencia - got off to a good start to the La Liga season before falling off a bit. They’ve won just once in the last six tries, losing four. It was a 1-0 loss to current table leaders Real Sociedad last week. While there’s no real shame there, it was the third time they’ve been kept “clean” this season. It also bears mentioning that Sociedad played the entire second half with only 10 men. In only one match has Mallorca scored more than one goal. At the same time, they have the joint worst defensive record in the league, having conceded 13 times already.
Valencia has been one of the highest scoring sides to this point with 13 goals. I know they’ve gone cold recently, picking up just two points from those L5 fixtures. However, look at some of the clubs they have faced. They’ve faced Barcelona, Athletic Club, Sevilla and Real Madrid. They should have picked up three points when they faced Cadiz, but that ended up being a goalless draw. They can’t afford to let this one pass them by. 9* Valencia
