{"id":70072,"date":"2025-08-15T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70072\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:18:12","slug":"mallorca-vs-barcelona-lineups-predicted-starting-xi-team-news-injury-latest-with-rashford-garcia-in-registration-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70072\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallorca vs. Barcelona lineups: Predicted starting XI, team news, injury latest with Rashford, Garcia in registration race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona’s La Liga title defence kicks off with a trip to Mallorca on August 16 as Hansi Flick aims to retain the trophy he secured in a dominant debut campaign.<\/p>\n

The former Bayern Munich boss scooped a domestic treble in his first 12 months in charge as Clasico rivals Real Madrid were ruthlessly brushed aside.<\/p>\n

Flick has tweaked his squad over the summer, with Joan Garcia joining from neighbours Espanyol, and a bold season-long loan move for Manchester United star Marcus Rashford also secured.<\/p>\n

Both players have impressed in preseason, but the ongoing chaos over their La Liga registration hangs over Barcelona’s build-up to this game. Fans are also awaiting updates over Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s injury absence.<\/p>\n

Club president Joan Laporta has assured the Blaugrana faithful of Garcia’s involvement in Palma, but Rashford’s status is less clear.<\/p>\n

MORE: Will Barcelona vs. Villarreal be played in Miami?<\/a><\/p>\n

Mallorca vs. Barcelona lineups: Predicted starting XI, team news, injury latest<\/p>\n

Mallorca’s summer business included a move to sign Pablo Torre from Barcelona and he’s in line to start against his former side.<\/p>\n

Spain Under-21 international Mateo Joseph has also joined on loan from Leeds United, but key defender Pablo Maffeo is out with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

Mallorca predicted starting XI (4-4-2, right to left):\u00a0Greif (GK) \u2014 Morey, Lopez, Raillo, Lato \u2014 Sanchez, Costa, Torre, Darder \u2014 Muriqi, Joseph<\/p>\n

Injured:\u00a0Maffeo (hamstring)
Suspended:\u00a0Mascarell<\/p>\n

Barcelona’s sole absentee is captain Ter Stegen with the Germany international at the centre of swirling controversy in Catalonia.<\/p>\n

After initially rejecting Barcelona’s request to send his post-surgery medical report to La Liga, the veteran goalkeeper relented, and the club reinstated his captaincy.<\/p>\n

However, Laporta and Co. are still waiting on news over how much of his salary space can be repurposed to register Garcia, with only 50% allowed if he is only sidelined for four months.<\/p>\n

Rashford could just miss the deadline for now as Barcelona balance their finances, and a late call will be made on Robert Lewandowski’s muscle injury.<\/p>\n

Barcelona predicted starting XI (4-3-3, right to left):\u00a0Garcia (GK) \u2014 Kounde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Balde \u2014 De Jong, Pedri, Olmo \u2014 Lamine Yamal, Torres, Raphinha<\/p>\n

Injured:\u00a0Ter Stegen (back)
Suspended:\u00a0None\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mallorca vs. Barcelona match detailsDate:\u00a0Saturday, August 16, 2025Kickoff time:\u00a07:30 p.m. local \/ 1:30 p.m. ET \/ 10:30 a.m.\u00a0PT \/ 3:30 a.m. AEST (August 17)Location: Estadi\u00a0Son Moix, Palma\u00a0SpainCompetition: La LigaReferee: -VAR: -Latest Barcelona news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona’s La Liga title defence kicks off with a trip to Mallorca on August 16 as Hansi Flick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-70072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}