National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Athletic Club or Espanyol that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Athletic Club and Espanyol.
Athletic Club form and stats
Last season, Athletic Club's Copa Del Rey journey ended in the semi-finals against Valencia.When playing at home in the La Liga, Athletic Club have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Club faced defeat in their previous match, away at Real Sociedad (1-3). de Marcos was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.03 out of 10. The defender Marcos hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that, Athletic Club drew at home versus Osasuna.The match schedule is unforgiving for Athletic Club as they have a new game in only four days, a La Liga match thankfully also at home. Real Madrid are visiting.
Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, Athletic Club have only let in {4 goals} at home.
Espanyol form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the round of 16.As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Espanyol have produced an overall stat of 2-5-2 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Espanyol, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Getafe last time out. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Puado and that is quite the feat! Attacker Joselu got a player rating of 8.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Joselu scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Girona in the La Liga.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Betis in just three days.
Espanyol find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Espanyol have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Club victories, four draws and three Espanyol wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 10 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |  G. Guruzeta Rodríguez 5 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Athletic Club | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14.6 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Girona | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Valencia | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 13 | Almeria | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Getafe | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Elche | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -24 | 4 |
