Mallorca and ElDorse shared the points in a goalless draw at the Estadio Pepico Amat on Saturday evening. The Segunda División fixture ended 0:0 after ninety minutes, leaving both sides with a single point each from the encounter. It was a match where the visitors controlled proceedings but could not find the net.
To be fair, the closest either side came was when Alex Sala missed a penalty in first-half stoppage time. The referee awarded the spot-kick after the incident before the break, and Sala's effort came up short. That moment shaped the rest of the game, with ElDorse able to breathe a little easier after the miss.
Mallorca camped in the final third for long spells, but the home defence held firm. The visitors had 6 shots on target against 3, and their expected goals figure of 1.72 told a different story from the scoreboard. They created 2 big chances, while ElDorse managed 3, but neither side could convert.
The statistics paint a picture of a one-sided contest that never quite opened up. Mallorca completed 380 passes to ElDorse's 334, and dominated possession at 56 per cent. Yet ElDorse's 29 aerial duels won against Mallorca's 10 showed they were not going to be pushed around in the air. The yellow cards—five in total—reflected the physical nature of the stalemate.
By then, Mallorca had moved into sixth place with 7 points from 4 games, while ElDorse remained rooted to twentieth with just 2 points. The result ended ElDorse's run of poor form that included losses to Leganés, Almería, Albacete, and Villarreal II. Mallorca's draw does not dent their campaign, but it leaves them hungry for more.
