National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting Gijón or Alcorcón that keep their silverware dream alive.
Alcorcón could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga 2 game only three sleeps ago.
Sporting Gijón form and stats
Action has already taken place for Gijón in Copa Del Rey as they have defeated Ceares to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Copa Del Rey adventure ended in the 16th finals.Sporting Gijón have collected 17 points from their La Liga 2 home games so far after 5-2-3.
Gijón drew their last game, also a home match. Huesca was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Díaz got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Díaz scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 70 total).
A La Liga 2 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Las Palmas.There will be little rest for Gijón after this match as they are travelling to UD Ibiza for a La Liga 2 game in only three days.
The Gijón fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Gijón have conceded only 9 goals.
Alcorcón form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Teruel in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Del Rey. They also participated in Copa Del Rey last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Alcorcón have only collected 3 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 1-0-9 (10 played).
Alcorcón's last game was the home draw against FC Cartagena (1-1).
Prior to that match, the Alcorcón manager Fernández Díaz faced defeat when travelling to Real Oviedo and losing 1-3.Alcorcón have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a La Liga 2 game vs Huesca. A back-breaking timetable for the guests!
The attacking power of Alcorcón when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Alcorcón's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sporting Gijón victories, four draws and one Alcorcón win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Đurđević 5 goals |  F. Villalba Rodrigo 3 goals |   J. Hernández García 3 goals |
Sporting Gijón missing players
Alcorcón missing players
| Sporting Gijón | Alcorcón | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | ||
| 10.6 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almeria | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Ponferradina | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | Eibar | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Tenerife | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Real Valladolid | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Las Palmas | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Real Oviedo | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Girona | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Burgos | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 10 | FC Cartagena | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Malaga | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Huesca | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Real Zaragoza | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 14 | UD Ibiza | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 15 | Sporting Gijón | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Lugo | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 17 | Leganés | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 18 | Mirandes | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 19 | Fuenlabrada | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Amorebieta | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Real Sociedad II | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 22 | Alcorcón | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 10 |