National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Athletic Club or Levante that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a La Liga match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Valencia, was also a home game here at San Mamés Barria. The away team is better rested.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club participated in Copa Del Rey the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Athletic Club have played 11 La Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Copa Del Rey, Athletic Club has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Valencia in the La Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. A 1-1 draw away in the Copa Del Rey before that, with Real Betis (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) the opponent.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Club have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won eight times, drawn one and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Club as they are travelling to their away game against Cadiz in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at San Mamés Barria with 19 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Club have conceded only 10 goals.
Levante form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Levante so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Total Copa Del Rey statistics for Levante: 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Levante played 2-2 against Granada in their previous match. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Villarreal (after extra-time) in the Copa Del Rey.
We have checked recent matches where Levante have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were four victories, two draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Osasuna in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Levante have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Levante struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Club-Levante H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Athletic Club seven wins, Levante two wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Morales Nogales 10 goals |  R. Martí Salvador 9 goals |   I. Muniain Goñi 4 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
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| Athletic Club | Levante | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 51 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 43 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 42 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 35 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Granada | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 9 | Levante | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Valencia | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Getafe | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Cadiz | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 24 |
| 15 | Osasuna | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Eibar | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Elche | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Huesca | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 16 |