A Clásico or Madrid derby...all the potential matchups ahead of Copa del Rey, Round of 16 draw
Sixteen teams remain in contention for the 2024-25 Spanish Cup with the draw taking place at the RFEF offices on Wednesday.
On Monday night, Real Madrid became the fifteenth team to guarantee a place in the draw for the next stage of the 24/25 Copa del Rey as they had little trouble in swatting lower league Deportivo Minera aside with a 0-5 win.
The third round comes to a conclusion on Tuesday night as second tier Eldense face struggling Valencia and as things stand, 11 LaLiga EA Sports teams have managed to reach the last 16. They will be joined in the draw by Almeria and Elche the Second Division along with Ourense CF from the third tier (1A RFEF) and giant killing fourth tier outfit Pontevedra.
Eldense/Valencia will be the final side joining the draw that will be held this Wednesday, 8 January at the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas starting at 1:00 p.m. (local time) / 7am (ET).
The Round of 16 Copa del Rey games will be played on January 14, 15 and 16 with all four non top flight sides guaranteed both a home tie and opposition from LaLiga.
The lower league sides will be dreaming of entertaining one of Spanish football’s ‘big guns’ with both Pontevedra and Ourense set to be the first teams drawn as part of the draw procedure.
Copa del Rey: Third round results
Deportiva Minera 0-5 Real Madrid
Eldense - Valencia (Tuesday 7th January, 9:00 pm)
Ponferradina 0-2 Real Sociedad
Racing 2-3 Celta
Cartagena 1-2 Leganés
Ourense CF 3-2 Valladolid
Elche 4-0 Las Palmas
Marbella 0-1 Atlético Madrid
Racing de Ferrol 1-3 Rayo
Granada 0-1 Getafe
Pontevedra 3-0 Mallorca
Huesca 0-1 Betis
Tenerife 1-2 Osasuna
Almeria 4-1 Sevilla
Barbastro 0-4 Barça
UD Logroñés 0-0 (pens 3-4) Athletic
Potential Copa match ups
- A 2A RFEF team against a First Division team.
- A 1A RFEF team against a First Division team.
- Two Second Division teams against two First Division teams.
- Six First Division teams meeting one another
Here’s how the pre-draw pots shape-up
- Cup A (First Division): Barcelona, Betis, Rayo, Leganés, Celta, Atlético, Osasuna, Getafe, Athletic and Real Sociedad, Real Madrid.
- Cup B (Second Division): Elche and Almería
- Cup C (1A RFEF): Ourense.
- Cup D (2A RFEF): Pontevedra.
- Plus Eldense/Valencia
Cup dates
- R16: January 14, 15 and 16
- Quarter finals: February 5
- Semi-final first leg: February 26
- Second leg of semi-finals: April 2
- Final: April 26 (in Seville)
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