National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mancha Real or Athletic Club that keep their silverware dream alive.
Athletic Club could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Osasuna. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Mancha Real form and stats
Mancha are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Real Murcia.
Ahead of that match, Mancha Real won a home game hosting Granada (1-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Segunda Division RFEF: Group 5 game versus Melilla in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Polideportivo La Juventud.
Athletic Club form and stats
Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the final.2-7-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Athletic Club in their La Liga matches away.
Two travels in a row for Club, whose manager García Toral could celebrate last time after the La Liga win against Osasuna. It's hard not to mention Sancet's lethal finishing against Osasuna. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. The attacker Sancet got a match rating of 9.41 in that game. Sancet scored three goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Real Madrid.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Deportivo Alaves.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Club are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |  O. Sancet Tirapu 4 goals |   J. Enrique Rodríguez 3 goals |
Mancha Real missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Mancha Real | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 8 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 27% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Real Madrid | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 24 | 46 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Barcelona | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Villarreal | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 9 | Valencia | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Granada | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Osasuna | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Getafe | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | Elche | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Deportivo Alaves | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 16 |
| 19 | Cádiz | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | Levante | 19 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 8 |
