
Espanyol have made an excellent start to the La Liga season and will be out to make four games unbeaten when they host Real Mallorca.
The Periquitos were stuck at the wrong end of the table for most of last season and only ended up dodging the drop by two points as they finished in 14th.
But they got the new campaign off to a flier by beating Atletico Madrid 2-1, with our man Mark cashing in by backing BTTS.
Espanyol have followed that up with a draw away to Real Sociedad and a home win over Osasuna, leaving them in great shape heading into the international break.
Real Mallorca's start to the season hasn't been anywhere near as good and they've only collected one point from three games in La Liga.
But the fixtures computer hasn't been kind to them, with those two defeats coming against Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The Islanders finished 10th last term and will be targeting three points in this game before they face another one of the big boys when Atletico come calling.
How the bookies view it: Espanyol to stay on the up
With Espanyol in such good form, BoyleSports make them 13/10 favourites for this one. Real Mallorca are priced at 23/10 and the draw pays 2/1.
Recent head to head: Road to hell for Mallorca
Real Mallorca have a terrible record at Espanyol's home, losing six and drawing one on their last seven visits.
Four of the last six meetings have ended in 2-1 wins for the home team, so it might be worth a speculative punt on that score at 8/1 with BoyleSports.
Players to watch: Pere's the daddy
Midfielder Pere Milla has made a superb start to the season with Espanyol, scoring in two of their three games. He's 7/4 to either score or assist in this game and that looks good value.
Vedat Muriqi was Mallorca's main man last term, netting 12 times, and has his confidence up after scoring against Sweden for Kosovo in midweek. The experienced striker is 8/5 at Bet365 for a goal or assist.
Probable line-ups
Espanyol are sweating on the fitness of Javi Hernandez while Real Mallorca will be without skipper Dani Rodriguez after he was suspended by the club for publicly criticising coach Jagoba Arraste.
Espanyol: Dmitrovic, Calero, Cabrera, Romero, El Hilali, Puado, Exposito, Lozano, Milla, Dolan, Garcia.
Real Mallorca: Roman, Morey, Lato, Kumbulla, Raillo, Valjent, Morlanes, Darder, Torre, Muriqi, Joseph.
Anything else catch the eye?
It's never a good sign when the captain comes out and rips into the manager so Real Mallorca appear to be a club in turmoil.
Espanyol, in contrast, are in high spirits so the home win looks decent value, while over 1.5 goals for the Periquitos also appeals at 7/5 with BoyleSports.
BTTS and over 2.5 goals has come up in the last three meetings so that bet could also be worth a shot here at 13/8 with the same firm.