Ruben Pena is out for the foreseeable future, as is Francis Coquelin, who has had an operation. Paco Alcacer is nearing a return and could enter contention, but Juan Foyth and Arnaut Danjuma are doubts with hamstring injuries. Boulaye Dia, Serge Aurier, Aissa Mandi and Samu Chuckwueze are all at the Africa Cup of Nations. Villarreal have also had a number of players out with coronavirus this week, but they do not make their list of COVID absentees available to the public. Mallorca continue to welcome back players from injury and COVID issues. Matthew Hoppe has returned to the fold, while Dominik Grief is still a doubt and Antonio Raillo is out. Other than that, it is a clean bill of health, and wide man Dani Rodriguez has also returned from suspension in a big boost.