Girona is in great form and I expect them to make a good performance in the Cup as well.

They are the current leaders of the La Liga, showing a high level of football and also very good tactics, being a very difficult team to beat. Their strong point is upfront, where are scoring a lot of goals and have many alternatives, with several players in very good form such as Aleix Garcia, Savinho or Tsygankov.

There will be some rotations here, but they have a very good squad with many alternatives and several players in good form, so I’m not worried about that. Stuani is a reliable scorer, in defense Blind is expected to play, as well as other key players such as Aleix Garcia or Tsygankov. Furthermore, one of their best players - winger Savinho, will play because he missed the weekend’ match against Almeria.

I’m also expecting them to make a good performance here but are coming from their worst performance of the season, which was a goalless draw against bottom Almeria (0:0) where they even deserved to lose, because they conceded a lot and weren’t able to generate chances. So surely they’ll be motivated here, and also the back of Savinho will help to raise the level.

On the other hand, Rayo Vallecano have had a bad season so far, with poor performances.Upfront they are a very weak team, without any reliable scorer and struggling a lot to score goals. Their topscorer is winger Alvaro Garcia with only 4 goals so far, who is injured and will miss this match. Nobody else has scored more than 2 goals so far.

In La Liga they have scored only 18 goals in 19 games, and I don’t see them generating too much in attack.

Girona has much more quality and I think will put a stronger lineup for this match, with several starters and much more quality overall. I also think that hosts will be more motivated.

When both teams played this season in La Liga in November, Girona won 1:2 deservedly, generating 3.95 expected goals and missing many chances.

赫罗纳状态很好，我希望他们在杯赛上也能有好的表现。

他们是目前西甲联赛的领头羊，展现了高水平的足球和非常好的战术，是一支很难被击败的球队。他们的优势在于前场，他们能进很多球，而且有很多选择，有几名状态非常好的球员，比如亚历克斯·加西亚、萨维尼奥和茨甘科夫。

这里会有一些轮换，但他们有一个非常好的阵容，有很多选择，一些球员状态很好，所以我不担心。斯图亚尼是一个可靠的得分手，在防守端布林德和其他关键球员，如亚历克斯·加西亚和茨甘科夫，都有望发挥作用。此外，他们最好的球员之一——边锋萨维尼奥将会参加比赛，因为他错过了周末对阿尔梅里亚的比赛。

我也希望他们能在这里有好的表现，但是他们刚刚经历了本赛季最糟糕的表现，在0比0战平垫底的阿尔梅里亚的比赛中，他们甚至应该输球，因为他们丢了很多球，没有创造机会。所以他们在这里肯定会有动力，萨维尼奥的后腰也会帮助球队提高水平。

另一方面，巴列卡诺到目前为止有一个糟糕的赛季，表现糟糕。锋线上他们是一支非常弱的球队，没有可靠的得分手，很难进球。他们的最佳射手是边锋阿尔瓦罗·加西亚，目前只进了4球，他受伤了，将缺席这场比赛。到目前为止，还没有人进球超过2个。

在西甲，他们在19场比赛中只进了18个球，我不认为他们在进攻端产生了太多的能量。

赫罗纳的实力更强，我认为他们会在这场比赛中拿出更强的阵容，有几个首发球员，整体实力更强。我也认为东道主会更有动力。

当两队在11月的西甲联赛中交手时，赫罗纳以1:2取胜，创造了3.95个预期进球，错失了很多机会。