Mallorca and Levante cling to survival in a match of perfect balance

Skip It Futmetrix Score: 33/100. Two teams in freefall battled to a draw in a frantic affair where attacking ambition nearly overwhelmed defensive resolve on both sides.

Salvos fired from both trenches

Mallorca and Levante unleashed a barrage from the opening whistle—33 combined shots, 9 on target—a desperate offensive gambit born from desperation. This was intensity distilled: when your season is drowning, you swing wildly. Leo Román emerged as Mallorca's lifeline, producing four saves that kept his side afloat when the floodgates threatened to open.

Etta Eyong broke through in the 22nd minute, handing Levante the lead. But balance reasserted itself in the 79th when Pablo Maffeo, fed by J. Mojica, restored parity. The swings in stakes were violent: euphoria to despair, back again.

Both sides sit on 9 points after 10 games—adrift in the relegation zone. Mallorca controlled possession (63%), yet Levante posed the sharper threat (2.08 xG vs. 1.58). Kervin Arriaga orchestrated Levante's midfield with a commanding display that caught the eye of observers tracking standout performances.

This draw captures the grim mathematics of survival football: no winners, no losers, just two sinking ships hoping to catch a current back to safety. Neither team escaped the danger zone, but both extracted a point from the wreckage. The battle for La Liga survival intensifies.