National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sanluqueño or Villarreal that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Sanluqueño form and stats
Sanluqueño have reached this Copa Del Rey stage through battling and winning against Sabadell.A nice win for Sanluqueño last time playing, versus Cornella. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sanluqueño played a great game against Cornella and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that match, a Primera Division RFEF: Group 2 win away at Algeciras.Sanluqueño are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division RFEF: Group 2 match at FC Andorra awaits in three days.
Villarreal form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Victoria CF in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Del Rey. They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Villarreal so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-3 (win-draw-lose).
Villarreal go into this game after a win, the home game against Rayo Vallecano that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Rulli was absolutely vital in the Villarreal victory against Rayo Vallecano, making six saves. Rulli was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.81. The agile goalkeeper Rulli stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Villarreal won their away game at Atalanta in the Champions League. The scoreline was 3-2.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Villarreal given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed three matches with three wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won three of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Real Sociedad.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Villarreal's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. Villarreal have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Groeneveld 5 goals |   E. Oriol i Gràcia 4 goals | A. Armental González 3 goals |
Sanluqueño missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Sanluqueño | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 42 |
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 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 Alaves | 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 |