National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cristo Atlético or Espanyol that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cristo Atlético form and stats
Cristo Atlético have reached this Copa Del Rey stage through battling and winning against Real Union.The spoils were shared in Atlético's previous game, also at home. Visiting Salmantino travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Atlético lost 2-3 at Llanera's place.Espanyol form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Solares in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Del Rey. Espanyol's mission in Copa Del Rey last season failed in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Espanyol so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Moreno Peris, the Espanyol manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Espanyol won their last game, 4-3 versus Levante played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Levante was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Javi Puado was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Puado scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Rayo Vallecano's place.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 two wins (zero by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Espanyol now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A La Liga game at Celta de Vigo is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Espanyol as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Espanyol in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. de Tomás Gómez 8 goals |   A. Sualdea López 5 goals | A. Pérez Guerra 4 goals |
Cristo Atlético missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Cristo Atlético | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| 9.5 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 12 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Valencia | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Barcelona | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Espanyol | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Athletic Club | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Granada | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Elche | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alavés | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Getafe | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 20 | Levante | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 8 |