Mallorca saw off Ceuta 3-0 in the third round of Spain's Segunda División on Sunday evening, a result that keeps the hosts on track while Ceuta remain winless in the league. The match unfolded at the Son Moix stadium under evening conditions, with Mallorca controlling proceedings from the opening exchanges. Three goals separated the sides over the course of a ninety-minute period that rarely threatened to slip from the home side's grasp.
The opening goal arrived in the twentieth minute when A. Sala found the net, a moment that came after Mallorca had been probing for an opening. He dallied on the ball in the build-up, and when the chance presented itself he made no mistake. By then Ceuta had already shown they would struggle to contain Mallorca's movement, with Alejandro Meléndez picking up a yellow card just before the breakthrough. The goal shifted the momentum, and Mallorca began to look increasingly comfortable.
A. Fuentes doubled the advantage in the fiftieth minute, extending the lead after Ceuta had failed to respond to the setback. The visitors had nothing to lose at that stage, but they also had little to offer going forward. Mallorca's goalkeeper made just one save throughout, a statistic that spoke volumes about Ceuta's inability to test the home defence. The second goal effectively ended the contest as a competitive fixture.
The final goal came through A. Buksa in the eighty-ninth minute, a late addition that confirmed Mallorca's superiority. Several substitutions had been made by this point, with M. Morlanes, A. Fuentes and Z. Luvumbo all brought off in the sixty-fourth minute. J. Escobar and C. Teguia came on together in the seventy-second, while T. Lato and A. Camacho were introduced later. The changes allowed Mallorca to manage the game without risking further injury or fatigue.
The statistics told a story of dominance. Mallorca registered 95 attacks compared to Ceuta's 75, and their expected goals total of 1.81 contrasted sharply with the visitors' 0.16. Possession sat at 53 per cent for the hosts, but more telling was the shot accuracy: Mallorca hit the target four times from eight attempts, while Ceuta failed to find the net on any of their three attempts off-target. Mallorca created five big chances; Ceuta created none.
The result leaves Mallorca fifth in the table with six points from three games, two wins and one defeat. Ceuta remain at the bottom in twenty-second place, having lost all three of their matches so far. The gap between them is now substantial, and for the visitors the task of securing their first point looks increasingly difficult. Mallorca, meanwhile, have shown they can impose themselves against opposition that struggles to match their intensity.
