Real Madrid and Mallorca will be looking to secure a place in the Spanish Super Cup final when they face off at King Abdullah Sports City in Thursday's semi-final clash.

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Real Madrid have already claimed one trophy in the 2024-25 campaign, recording a 3-0 victory against Pachuca in December to lift the FIFA Intercontinental Cup in Qatar.

Los Blancos followed that success with a 4-2 win over Sevilla in their final outing of 2024, before they kicked off the new year with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Valencia last Friday.

Real Madrid staged a late turnaround at Mestalla despite being left with 10 men following Vinicius Junior's red card, with Luka Modric netting an equaliser before Jude Bellingham found the net in stoppage time to snatch all three points and make amends for his earlier penalty miss.

That result moved Carlo Ancelotti's side to the top of the standings, giving them a five-point cushion to third-placed Barcelona and a two-point buffer to second-placed Atletico Madrid, who have a game in hand over their city rivals.

They enjoyed another successful outing in Monday's Copa del Rey clash against fourth-tier Deportivo Minera, with Arda Guler netting a brace alongside goals from Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga and Modric to fire to a 5-0 victory, sending them into the last 16 while also extending their unbeaten run to seven competitive matches (D1).

Real Madrid will now be focusing on the Spanish Super Cup, with Los Blancos looking to retain the trophy that they won last season when they ran out 4-1 winners against arch-rivals Barcelona.

They will certainly take confidence they have progressed from each of their last three Spanish Super Cup semi-finals since they lost 2-1 to Athletic Club in 2021.

Los Blancos followed that success with a 4-2 win over Sevilla in their final outing of 2024, before they kicked off the new year with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Valencia last Friday.

Real Madrid staged a late turnaround at Mestalla despite being left with 10 men following Vinicius Junior's red card, with Luka Modric netting an equaliser before Jude Bellingham found the net in stoppage time to snatch all three points and make amends for his earlier penalty miss.

That result moved Carlo Ancelotti's side to the top of the standings, giving them a five-point cushion to third-placed Barcelona and a two-point buffer to second-placed Atletico Madrid, who have a game in hand over their city rivals.

They enjoyed another successful outing in Monday's Copa del Rey clash against fourth-tier Deportivo Minera, with Arda Guler netting a brace alongside goals from Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga and Modric to fire to a 5-0 victory, sending them into the last 16 while also extending their unbeaten run to seven competitive matches (D1).

Real Madrid will now be focusing on the Spanish Super Cup, with Los Blancos looking to retain the trophy that they won last season when they ran out 4-1 winners against arch-rivals Barcelona.

They will certainly take confidence they have progressed from each of their last three Spanish Super Cup semi-finals since they lost 2-1 to Athletic Club in 2021.

In fact, Mallorca have only played in the Spanish Super Cup on two previous occasions, beating Barcelona 3-1 over two legs to win the trophy in 1998, before falling to a 4-2 aggregate defeat against Real Madrid in 2003.

They will head into the 2024-25 edition as the lowest-ranked side in terms of their current league position, even though they will be more than satisfied to be sitting in sixth place in Jagoba Arrasate's first season in charge.

But while he may have Mallorca challenging for European qualification, Arrasate will be unable to replicate last season's memorable cup run under Javier Aguirre, after seeing his side fall to a disappointing 3-0 defeat in Friday's Copa del Rey tie against fourth-tier Pontevedra.

As a result, Los Piratas have now lost three of their last five competitive matches, which may not inspire confidence ahead of an almighty test against Real Madrid.

However, Mallorca may be able to take some confidence from the fact that they held Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw when the two sides last met at Son Moix on the opening weekend of the season.

A repeat of that result would send Thursday's contest to extra time, and potentially penalties, but Mallorca will be dreaming of springing a surprise in 90 minutes to claim their first win against Real Madrid since recording a 1-0 victory in February 2023.

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:

Courtois; Vazquez, Tchouameni, Rudiger, Mendy; Valverde, Camavinga; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe

Mallorca possible starting lineup:

Greif; Mafeo, Valjent, Copete, Mojica; Asano, Morlanes, Mascarell, Darder; Larin, Muriqi