Thursday evening, FC Barcelona travels to Cornella to play the round of 16 of the King’s Cup. Both teams will want to win this match in order to reach the round of 16.
UE Cornella vs FC Barcelona Soccer Betting Picks – Copa del Rey
EU Cornella, club of Segunda Division B (3rd Spanish division), has already spent 2 rounds in the competition. The Catalan formation in which Jordi Alba started eliminated (1-0) CD Marino in the 64th round. The first week of January, it was against Atlético de Madrid that Cornella achieved the feat (1-0). In the league, the Green and White are 8th in Group 3 of Segunda Division. Recently, they had 2 draws (2-2 at Gimnastic and 2-2 at Olot).
Opposite, FC Barcelona has made up for its sluggish start to the season and occupies 3rd place in the Liga standings. Barcelona’s last three league outings have ended in victories (1-0 in Huesca, 3-2 in Bilbao and 4-0 in Granada). Exempted from playing the previous round, the Blaugranas, winners of the competition for the last time in the 2017-2018 financial year, will take their first steps of the season in the Copa del Rey. FCB is coming out of a misadventure in the Spanish Supercup. After dominating Real Sociedad last Wednesday on penalties (1-1, 3-2 t.a.b), Barça fell in the final on Sunday against Athletic Bilbao (3-2 a.p).
Staff for UE Cornella vs FC Barcelona
In the ranks of Cornella, the heroic striker against Atlético, Jiménez, has seriously injured his knee and will be absent for this gala meeting. Coach Fernandez needed to field the most competitive team possible in an attempt to pull off another feat.
For this short trip, Barça will be deprived of long-absent absentees: Pique, Sergi Roberto, Fati and Coutinho. To this list is added the titular right side Dest, victim of a muscle problem. In addition, Messi is suspended after his red card received Sunday in the final of the Supercopa de Espana. Koeman could turn for this meeting. Several Barça B players trained in the old days of the match with the pro group: Mingueza, Moriba, Konrad, Tenas and Collado.
The key points for the match UE Cornella vs FC Barcelona
The match will be played behind closed doors.
Coaches have the possibility of making 5 substitutions during the game.
UE Cornella vs FC Barcelona Soccer Betting Picks
FC Barcelona are superior to EU Cornella and should qualify for the next round despite the turn-over. Barcelona victory!
Betting Picks: FC Barcelona wins by 2 goals or more
Odds: 1.69
