National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Atlético Paso or Espanyol that keep their silverware dream alive.
Only a few days to rest for the hosts, as they had a Segunda Division RFEF: Group 5 fixture only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cerdanyola del Valles, was also a home game here at Campo Municipal de El Paso. The away team is better rested.
Atlético Paso form and stats
Atlético Paso have reached this Copa Del Rey stage through battling and winning against Real Murcia.The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Cerdanyola del Valles last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Montijo.Espanyol form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rincon in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Del Rey. Espanyol was sent out of Copa Del Rey in the round of 16 last season.Espanyol have only collected 7 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 1-4-2 (7 played).
Two away matches in a row for Espanyol, whose coach Penas could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against Rincon. Midfielder Expósito was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Expósito scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 82 successful passes (of 91 total).
Ahead of that, the Copa Del Rey victory away at Rincon. As mentioned earlier, Espanyol will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 4 wins (1 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Espanyol find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Espanyol have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sanmartín Mato 7 goals |   J. Piera Bordes 4 goals | B. Martín González 4 goals |
Atlético Paso missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Atlético Paso | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 37 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Girona | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Almeria | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Getafe | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 11 |
| 20 | Elche | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 4 |
