National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Europa or Amorebieta that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Europa nor Amorebieta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Europa's stadium, Camp Municipal de Futbol Nou Sardenya, has a artifical turf surface. Amorebieta have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Amorebieta when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses from six matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 3.
Europa form and stats
Europa manager C. Raventós Grau and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Badalona in the Segunda Division RFEF: Group 3.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Segunda Division RFEF: Group 3 home game that ended 0-0 versus Prat.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Europa, as the Segunda Division RFEF: Group 3 home game vs Formentera is only four days away.
Amorebieta form and stats
They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the 2nd round.There's been little loot from Amorebieta's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the La Liga 2. Amorebieta only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Amorebieta's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Real Zaragoza that finished 1-1. Iker Seguin, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Seguin hit three key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Real Oviedo's place.The schedule is very tough for Amorebieta now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A La Liga 2 game at Malaga is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Amorebieta have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Jiménez Guardia 5 goals | J. Cano Jiménez 3 goals |  K. Obieta Alberdi 3 goals |
Europa missing players
Amorebieta missing players
| Europa | Amorebieta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 23 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | ||
| 10 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almeria | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Tenerife | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Ponferradina | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Eibar | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Real Valladolid | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Las Palmas | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Malaga | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -5 | 26 |
| 8 | Real Oviedo | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | FC Cartagena | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Girona | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Real Zaragoza | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | UD Ibiza | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Sporting Gijon | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | Huesca | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 15 | Burgos | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Leganes | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Lugo | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | Mirandés | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 20 |
| 19 | Fuenlabrada | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 20 | Real Sociedad II | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 21 | Amorebieta | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 22 | Alcorcon | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 9 |