Osasuna volition question to the Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez for Saturday's Copa del Rey clash with Tenerife successful the Round of 32.
The Segunda Division broadside volition beryllium looking to scope the past 16 for a 2nd consecutive season, portion the visitors are hoping to scope the last 16 for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row.
Match preview
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Tenerife are competing successful the Copa del Rey 3rd circular aft coming done 2 nervy ties against lower-league opposition.
The squad from the Canary Islands recorded a 2-0 extra-time triumph implicit fourth-tier Alfaro, earlier they held their nervus from the punishment spot to prevail successful a shootout against third-tier Zamora successful the 2nd round.
While they person enjoyed occurrence successful the cup, Tenerife are presently successful the midst of a disappointing league campaign, having mustered conscionable 11 points from 19 league matches this season.
As a effect of that mediocre record, Tenerife are languishing astatine the bottommost of the Segunda Division table, with 12 points separating them from safety.
After losing 5 of their past six league games, the club's committee decided it was the close clip to marque their 2nd managerial alteration of the season, replacing Pepe Mel with erstwhile Cadiz brag Alvaro Cervera, who has taken implicit the reins astatine Tenerife for the 2nd clip successful his coaching career.
Cervera volition beryllium keen to marque a affirmative commencement successful the archetypal crippled of his 2nd spell, though has failed to triumph immoderate of his past 8 competitory meetings with Osasuna (D1, L7).
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Osasuna volition person aspirations of mounting a memorable cupful tally arsenic they did successful 2023-24 erstwhile they progressed to the final, wherever their imagination of a maiden Copa del Rey trophy was ended by Real Madrid.
Los Rojillos began their latest cupful run with a ascendant 5-0 triumph implicit Chiclana, earlier they survived a large scare successful their second-round necktie against third-tier Cueta.
Osasuna mounted a melodramatic precocious fightback successful December's cupful tie, scoring 3 goals aft the 80th-minute people to overturn a two-goal shortage and acceptable up Saturday's clash against Tenerife.
Vicente Moreno's broadside volition anticipation for improved fortunes astatine the commencement of 2025 aft failing to triumph immoderate of their last six league games successful the erstwhile calendar year, losing to Real Madrid and Athletic connected either broadside of a tally of 4 consecutive La Liga draws.
They besides struggled connected their travels this season, winning conscionable 3 of their 10 competitory distant games (D4, L3), with 2 of those victories taking spot successful the erstwhile rounds of the Copa del Rey.
Nevertheless, Osasuna volition beryllium the favourites to get the amended of a Tenerife broadside struggling astatine the bottommost of the Segunda Division, adjacent though they person won 1 of their erstwhile 7 head-to-head meetings (D3, L2).
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The hosts stay without semipermanent absentees Aitor Sanz and Jose Amo, portion Luismi Cruz is acceptable to miss retired owed to a musculus injury.
Defender Josep Gaya volition service a one-match suspension aft being sent disconnected successful the erstwhile circular against Zamora.
Ex-Osasuna striker Enric is expected to enactment up against his erstwhile club, with the 38-year-old looking to adhd to the 2 goals helium has scored this season.
As for the visitors, they volition person to header without 1 of their cardinal attackers, Bryan Zaragoza, who is presently successful the attraction country with a ft injury.
Kike Barja has been struggling with immoderate musculus discomfort and volition person to beryllium assessed up of the travel to the Canary Islands.
Iker Benito volition beryllium incapable to adhd to his 2 Copa del Rey appearances for the season, having joined second-tier Mirandes connected indebtedness until the extremity of the season.
Tenerife imaginable starting lineup:
Badia; Mellot, Gonzalez, Leon, Guerrero; Rubio, Diarra, Luis, Moreno; Mesa, Enric
Osasuna imaginable starting lineup:
Fernandez; Areso, Boyomo, Herrando, Bretones; Ibanez, Torro, Oroz; R. Garcia, Gomez, Budimir
We say: Tenerife 0-2 Osasuna
Osasuna person recovered wins hard to travel by successful caller meetings with Tenerife, but portion their head-to-head grounds whitethorn beryllium uninspiring, we inactive judge their La Liga prime volition radiance done against a squad that person mislaid 5 of their past 7 matches.
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