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CD Badajoz vs Eibar Prediction & Betting tips
In the sixteenth finals of the Copa del Rey first class Eibar will visit third class Badajoz. Eibar is a favorite, but will have to take care of the ambitious Badajoz!
Badajoz:
Badajoz has never been close to the Spanish royal class since its foundation in 1905, but the club from Extremadura is extremely ambitious. The third division team broke this season with the highest budget ever, the most season ticket holders ever and the best competition start ever with several club records. With a little luck, the record number of 13,000 spectators will also be broken on Thursday evening, because a few days ago 10,000 tickets had already been sold for the cup match against Eibar.
Badajoz is therefore full of confidence. Logical, because the black and white lost only one home game this season and managed to win 2-1 in the previous round of the Copa del Rey against second-class team Las Palmas. Trainer Mehdi Nafti then mainly opted for his fixed base team, so I expect that he will also rely on the usual names against Eibar. This match has been around in the city for quite some time, nobody wants to miss this game.
Eibar:
This type of cup competition is of course very annoying for Eibar. If you win, everyone thinks it’s normal, but if you lose, you as LaLiga club are the laughing stock of this cup round.
Trainer Jose Luis Mendilibar would therefore prefer to get as strong a team as possible, but Eibar does not currently have that luxury. Thanks to the handsome 2-0 victory over Atletico Madrid, the Basques have some air in the Spanish relegation battle, but with only 22 points from twenty rounds of play, the red-blue are still far from assured of body preservation in LaLiga. In addition, Kike Garcia, Ivan Ramis, Pape Diop and Gonzalo Escalante are in the rag basket. The expectation is that Mendilibar with Miguel Mari, Atienza, Ekhi, Bravo and Cubero will get four youth players in the game selection, and they may even hope for a basic place.
CD Badajoz vs Eibar head to head matches
18.05.03 LL2 Eibar CD Badajoz 1 : 2
15.12.02 LL2 CD Badajoz Eibar 1 : 1
28.04.02 LL2 CD Badajoz Eibar 0 : 1
02.12.01 LL2 Eibar CD Badajoz 0 : 1
14.04.01 LL2 CD Badajoz Eibar 1 : 0