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Ebro vs Lleida Predictions

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Ebro vs Lleida Predictions

This is a huge match for both Ebro and Lleida Esportiu, two Segunda B teams dreaming of a trip to Camp Nou or the Bernabeu in the next round. The way the seeding for this competition works ensures that the winners of this match will face one of Spain’s European participants in the 4th Round, so there will be a big name waiting for the victors.

The two teams know each other pretty well, given they both play in the Northeastern section of the Segunda B and indeed they met just last month, with Lleida winning 2-1. They are a Catalan club that was only founded in 2011 following the bankruptcy of UE Lleida. They’ve finished between 3rd and 8th in all seven seasons of their existence in the Segunda B and did make the 4th Round of the Copa del Rey back in the 2013/14 season.

Ebro meanwhile are currently the second highest ranked team in Zaragoza but they’d never even featured in the third tier until 2015. This is only the second time they’ve even qualified to enter the Copa del Rey and they’re aiming to go one better than their appearance in the 3rd Round back in the 2015/16 season.

The bookies make the visitors the slight favourites here, not a great surprise given they are currently 4th in the league, while Ebro sit rock bottom after a slow start. However the gulf in quality isn’t quite as large as that suggests and a pretty even game looks likely. Lleida have been struggling to convert one point into three, with 4 of their last 5 matches ending up all square. Indeed all of their last 5 away games have been all square at ninety minutes.

Ebro have a similar problem with a 50% draw ratio in the league this term. Their problem is that the games they haven’t been drawing are ones they’ve lost rather than won and they are still waiting for their first league victory this term. They’ve been better in this competition but they did still need penalties to see off Murcia in the last round and all the signs are that this will be another tight, perhaps cagey cup tie, with the prize a big one for the winners.

Overall backing the Draw looks the way to go in the Full-Time result market, with both teams specialising in that outcome this season.

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