Preview: Ourense CF vs. Valencia - prediction, team news, lineups

Six-time Spanish champions Valencia volition beryllium bidding to debar an upset against third-tier outfit Ourense CF erstwhile they instrumentality to the tract successful the last-16 signifier of the 2024-25 Copa del Rey connected Tuesday night.

Los Che are eight-time winners of the Copa del Rey, with their past occurrence successful the contention coming backmost successful 2019, portion Ourense are looking to scope the quarter-finals of the tourney for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Match preview

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Ourense bushed Guijuelo successful the archetypal circular of this season's Copa del Rey earlier claiming 2 fantabulous results successful the rounds that followed, overcoming Deportivo La Coruna 1-0 and Real Valladolid 3-2 to publication a astonishment spot successful the circular of 16.

Pablo Lopez's broadside run successful Spain's 3rd tier, with the squad presently 15th successful their home table, picking up 21 points from 19 matches, and they volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 triumph implicit Lugo connected location soil.

Ourense person already claimed 1 La Liga scalp successful this season's Copa del Rey and are present looking for different successful bid to publication their spot successful the last 8 of Spain's biggest cupful contention for the archetypal clip successful their history.

The location broadside are the immense underdogs entering this match, but they person lone been beaten successful 1 of their past 9 matches successful each competitions, winning six times successful the process, and Lopez's squad volition beryllium facing a Valencia outfit that person struggled this term.

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Valencia were successful La Liga enactment connected Saturday night, playing retired a 1-1 gully with Sevilla; Luis Rioja sent the visitors up astatine Estadio Ramon, lone for Adria Pedrosa to travel up with a 93rd-minute leveller.

Carlos Corberan's broadside are presently stone bottommost of the La Liga table, having lone picked up 13 points from their opening 19 matches of the campaign, which has near them 3 points down 17th-placed Getafe.

Valencia person lone won doubly successful the league each season, and the squad are facing the imaginable of being relegated to the Segunda Division for the archetypal clip since the 1986-87 campaign, which would beryllium disastrous for a nine of their ilk.

Los Che are eight-time winners of the Copa del Rey, with their past occurrence successful the contention coming successful 2019, and they person beaten Parla Escuela, Ejea and Eldense to scope this circular of the 2024-25 competition.

Valencia, contempt their struggles this term, person lone mislaid 1 of their past 5 matches successful each competitions, which proved to beryllium a constrictive location decision to 10-man Real Madrid astatine Mestalla successful their opening lucifer of 2025.

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Team News

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Ourense caput manager Lopez could sanction the aforesaid broadside that took to the tract for the archetypal whistle against Real Valladolid successful the past circular of the competition, including a spot down the near for Angel Sanchez.

Gonzalo Di Renzo has lone scored erstwhile successful 21 appearances for Ourense this season, but the 29-year-old is expected to proceed successful the last 3rd of the field, with those who impressed against Real Valladolid acceptable to beryllium rewarded.

As for Valencia, Mouctar Diakhaby, Fran Perez, Rafa Mir and Thierry Correia volition miss the contention owed to wounded problems.

Head manager Corberan is acceptable to sanction a beardown side, including a spot astatine centre-forward for Hugo Duro, portion Diego Lopez and Sergi Canos are expected to run successful the wide positions for the visitors.

There is presently speculation surrounding the aboriginal of Hugo Guillamon, but the Spaniard should beryllium fixed a commencement successful midfield, portion Pepelu is successful enactment for a spot successful the middle.

Corberan volition person to measure the fittingness of those who were progressive against Sevilla, but Los Che person not reported immoderate caller concerns from their 1-1 gully astatine Estadio Ramon.

Ourense CF imaginable starting lineup:
Guillen; Prado, Rodriguez, Zalaya, Prada; Ramos, Fidalgo; Gil, Noriega, Sanchez: Di Renzo

We say: Ourense CF 1-2 Valencia

Ourense person already claimed immoderate large results successful this season's competition, and they volition beryllium coming up against a Valencia broadside that are having a hard campaign; we are expecting it to beryllium adjacent successful presumption of the scoreline, but Los Che should person capable prime to navigate their spot successful the quarter-finals of the competition.

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