National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sestao River or Athletic Club that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sestao have less rest than Athletic Club in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Segunda Division RFEF: Group 2 game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Beasain.
Sestao River form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Copa Del Rey for Sestao River, as the manager Hernández led his troops to eliminate Racing Ferrol, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the 1st round.Sestao River drew their last game, 0-0 away at Beasain.
Before that match, a Segunda Division RFEF: Group 2 win away at Real Sociedad III.Athletic Club form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Alzira in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Del Rey. They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Valencia drew the shortest straw.As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Athletic Club have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Two travels in a row for Club, whose boss Valverde could celebrate last time after the Copa Del Rey win against Alzira. Berenguer got a match rating of 8.55 in that game, top player of the team. Berenguer scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previously, the Copa Del Rey victory away at Alzira.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Athletic Club have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Sestao victories, zero draws and two Athletic Club wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. Villalibre loves to face Sestao River and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Martínez Ortiz 7 goals |   I. Williams Arthuer 5 goals |  G. Guruzeta Rodríguez 5 goals |
Sestao River missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Sestao River | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 27 | 45 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 15.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 6 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 37 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Girona | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Almeria | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Getafe | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 11 |
| 20 | Elche | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 4 |
