PALMA (Interstat) — Mallorca scored twice after halftime, including Adrian Fuentes’s 89th-minute winner, to beat Cadiz CF 2-1 on Monday in a global football match. The home side had trailed after Antonio Cordero’s 50th-minute goal but answered through Pablo Torre Carral and Fuentes to take the victory. Cadiz pressed for a response after Fuentes scored but could not find an equalizer in the closing minutes.

Cadiz had taken the lead five minutes after halftime. Cordero finished the move in the 50th minute, with A. Zarate Hidalgo D. providing the assist after playing the full 90 minutes. The goal gave the visitors a 1-0 advantage and forced Mallorca to chase the game. Mallorca’s Alex Sala, who also played 90 minutes, helped create the eventual equalizer with an assist. Cordero was shown a yellow card in the 55th minute and was substituted in the 80th minute after playing 80 minutes and scoring one goal. The visitors’ lead lasted 13 minutes before Mallorca found the equalizer.

Mallorca leveled in the 63rd minute when Torre scored from a move assisted by Zito Luvumbo. Torre played 83 minutes before being substituted. Luvumbo, who entered in the 76th minute and played 76 minutes, recorded the assist. The goal changed the match and set up a tense final stretch. Mallorca continued to push, and the hosts found the decisive moment in the 89th minute when Fuentes scored. Fuentes played the full 90 minutes and finished with one goal. The late goal gave Mallorca a 2-1 lead and left Cadiz with little time to respond. The goal sequence gave Mallorca its first lead of the match and capped a second-half rally.

The match was physical and produced four yellow cards. Mallorca’s Sanchez A. was booked in the 5th minute, and Darder S. followed in the 23rd. Cadiz’s Kovacevic B. was cautioned in the 43rd minute, and Cordero received his yellow card in the 55th minute. The cards did not produce any sendings off. The game’s substitutions also shaped the closing stages. Cadiz brought on Pascual A. in the 72nd minute, replaced Cordero in the 80th, and used Castro J., Vazquez B., and Rodriguez D. in the 89th. Mallorca brought on Moreno A. and Luvumbo Z. in the 76th, Torre P. and Sanchez A. in the 83rd, and Liso A. in the 89th. The substitutions came as both teams sought to manage the closing minutes.

The result moved Cadiz’s record in this competition to 2-3-1 and its record across all competitions to 3-3-1. Mallorca’s record in this competition is now 2-1-3, and its record across all competitions is 2-1-4. Cadiz entered the match after consecutive wins at Xerez CD and against Ceuta. Before that run, Cadiz lost at Granada CF and at Gijon, beat Leganes, and drew at Tenerife. Mallorca had drawn its previous three matches against Alcoyano, Leganes, and Eibar. Earlier in its run, Mallorca beat Las Palmas, drew Girona, and lost to Almeria B. The records reflect the competition and all-competition totals through the match. The home side’s late surge made the difference in a match that remained close until the final minutes. Mallorca’s Sala and Cadiz’s Zarate each played the full 90 minutes and recorded an assist. Cordero’s goal and yellow card came in an 80-minute outing, while Torre’s goal came in an 83-minute shift. Luvumbo’s assist came after he entered in the 76th minute.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 1-1 final score. Its ELO system had given Mallorca an 83.9 percent probability to win, and Mallorca was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.25. The total of 3 went under the over/under line of 2.5.