Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Merida & Deportivo Alavés face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Del Rey. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Merida and Deportivo Alavés.
Merida form and stats
Action has already taken place for Merida in Copa Del Rey as they have defeated Utebo to reach the 2nd Round. Merida participated in Copa Del Rey the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.A good away victory last time out for Merida, who won 2-1 against Cordoba. The victory against Cordoba came after Campos's winning goal. The Merida manager Barrero was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 76th minute.
Previous to that game, a Primera Division RFEF: Group 1 home match hosting CD Badajoz in a game that was won 1-0.Deportivo Alavés form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lleida Esportiu in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Del Rey. Alavés's mission in Copa Del Rey last season failed in the 2nd round.Playing away, Deportivo Alavés have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the La Liga 2 this season.
Deportivo Alavés lost away at Malaga (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Abqar, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.85. Abqar hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
The game before that, in the La Liga 2, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Levante.The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Deportivo Alavés in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Cinta Sanchez 6 goals |   M. De la Fuente Escudero 4 goals |  D. Sandoval Fernández 3 goals |
Merida missing players
Deportivo Alavés missing players
| Merida | Deportivo Alavés | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Las Palmas | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | SD Eibar | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 3 | Levante | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 36 |
| 4 | Burgos | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Deportivo Alavés | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Granada | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Albacete | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | FC Cartagena | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | FC Andorra | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Huesca | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Villarreal II | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Leganes | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | Sporting Gijón | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Mirandes | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 16 | Real Zaragoza | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 17 | Tenerife | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Racing Santander | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 19 | Lugo | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Ponferradina | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 21 | Malaga | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 19 |
| 22 | UD Ibiza | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 16 |
