National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mensajero or Espanyol that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Espanyol, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
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.
Mensajero form and stats
Mensajero lost their last game at Illescas after a 1-3 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home Segunda Division RFEF: Group 5 game against Atletico Paso that was lost 0-2.Espanyol form and stats
Espanyol was sent out of Copa Del Rey in the round of 16 last season.As the visiting team in La Liga 2 matches, Espanyol have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far.
Espanyol play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Sporting Gijon. The attacker Braithwaite got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Braithwaite hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A loss against Leganes was the result prior to that, in a La Liga 2 home game.A quick return to home after this game, as Espanyol are hosting SD Eibar in the La Liga 2 only three days away.
The visiting Espanyol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Espanyol in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Braithwait 6 goals |  J. Puado Díaz 6 goals |  F. Calero Villa 3 goals |
Mensajero missing players
Espanyol missing players
| Mensajero | Espanyol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 0.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 78% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 4.8 | 3.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leganes | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | SD Eibar | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Sporting Gijon | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Espanyol | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Levante | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Tenerife | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Real Valladolid | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Racing Santander | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Real Zaragoza | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Racing Ferrol | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Elche | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Real Oviedo | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Mirandes | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Burgos | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Eldense | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | FC Andorra | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 17 | Albacete | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Villarreal II | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 19 | Amorebieta | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 10 |
| 20 | Alcorcon | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 10 |
| 21 | Huesca | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | FC Cartagena | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
