MALLORCA TODAY - Valencia 2 : 0 Real Mallorca

A bad-tempered affair in the first half in which Mallorca were really the better team, Dos Santos missing a good opportunity on the counterattack but proving to be, as he has for some games, to be Mallorca's most threatening player. The ill temper spilled over when Tino Costa received a straight red for a foul on Pina. A man down, Valencia should have buckled under Mallorca pressure, but Ricardo Costa put them ahead fifteen minutes into the second period with a header from a corner. Victor drew a save from Alves as Mallorca went looking for the equaliser, only for Soldado to fire in a second for Valencia. The result leaves Mallorca in nineteenth spot, now six points behind Zaragoza in the safety position of seventeenth. At home to mid-table Getafe next Saturday, Mallorca have to win that game.

Valencia:
Alves; Pereira, Rami (Canales 43), R. Costa, Guardado; Parejo, T. Costa; Feghouli, Jonas (Cissokho 60), Bernat (Ruiz 35); Soldado
Goals: Ricardo Costa (59), Soldado (80)
Red: Tino Costa (27)
Yellows: Parejo (5), Bernat (22), Soldado (53), Canales (85), Cissokho (88)

Mallorca:
Aouate; Hutton, Nunes, Geromel, Luna (Victor 72); Pina, Tissone (Márquez 66), Martí; Alfaro (Pereira 61), Hemed, Dos Santos
Yellows: Luna (14), Geromel (19), Márquez (74)

MALLORCA TODAY - Valencia 2 : 2 Real Mallorca

Mallorca on the road at Valencia, third in La Liga, and the initial exchanges showed why there was a fourteen point gap between the two teams at start of play, Valencia coming out all guns blazing against a defensive-looking Mallorca, hitting a post and inevitably taking the lead on 22 minutes through Tino Costa. Valencia in complete control, Aduriz adding a second four minutes before the break. It looked the same again for Valencia in the second period, but Nsue pegged one back out of the blue for Mallorca. Game on, and even more so when Victor equalised nine minutes later. The battering that Valencia were then giving Mallorca turned to frustration when Costa was straight red-carded, and the frustration was complete for Valencia as Mallorca held on to gain an astonishing point.

Valencia:
Guaita; Barragán, Rami, Dealbert, Alba (Platti 74); Parejo, Costa, Feghouli, Jonas (Topal 87); Soldado, Aduriz (Mathieu 64)
Goals: Costa (22), Aduriz (42)
Red: Costa (84)
Yellow: Rami (90+)

Mallorca:
Aouate; Chico, Nunes, Ramis, Cáceres; Martí, Tejera (Alfaro 62); Pereira (Cendrós 85), Álvaro (Castro 88), Nsue; Victor
Goals: Nsue (56), Victor (65)
Yellows: Cáceres (13), Victor (87), Castro (89), Aouate (90+)