Mallorca started positively and were rewarded after just four minutes. A Valjent throw-in was touched on by Larin for Antonio Sánchez to shoot them ahead.
Rajkovic saved well in denying Zubimendi after 12 minutes as the match settled into a familiar pattern - the visitors were dominating possession.
Celebrations were muted when La Real equalised seven minutes before the break. The scorer was Take Kubo, once of Mallorca, following a counterattack by the visitors. And right on half-time, there was another blow for Mallorca - captain Antonio Raíllo was sent off. There was a yellow for an apparent elbow on Umar and then a second for dissent.
There was another expulsion shortly into the second half, La Real's fitness coach. On the pitch, the visitors were failing to capitalise; dull fare all round. It took until the 88th minute for a real goal chance, and Rajkovic pulled out another good save to keep out Barrenetxea's shot.
Mallorca would have been content with a point, but it wasn't to be. Three minutes into added time and Mikel Merino headed in the winner. And there was another red - this one for Mallorca sub Siebe Van der Heyden who was on the bench.
Mallorca remain in sixteenth position in La Liga and so two spots above the relegation zone with six points more than Cadiz in eighteenth.
Mallorca: Rajkovic; González, Valjent, Raíllo, Nastasic, J. Costa (Lato 80); Sánchez (Morlanes 64), S. Costa, Rodríguez (Darder 80); Larin (Abdón 64), Muriqi
Real Sociedad: Remiro; Traore, Zubeldia (Pacheco 64), Le Normand, Galan; Méndez (Turrientes 73), Zubimendi, Merino; Kubo, Umar (Silva 64), Zakharyan (Barrenetxea 64)
Attendance: 18,153.
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