In my opinion Espanyol have really good chances to make win in today's match up. Great value is on their side.

Both teams played in each other in La Liga 2 in previous season. Espanyol won twice against Ponferradina, 2:0 at home and 4:1 at this stadium. They have good mental advantage.

I believe Espanyol have much bigger motivation to win in today's game. They already won 4 times Copa del Rey, last time in 2005/2006. Espanyol currently have really comfortable situation in league table, they are on very safe spot with 10 points advantage above relegation zone so they have 'space' to play in cups and they are able make deep run. On the other hand Ponferradina is involved in fight to get promotion into La Liga, it's their dream and motivation to play in Cup is under big question mark. In last two seasons Ponferradina were kicked from the Cup against some lower rank teams like Ebro or Portugalete. In that case is no shame to lose against La Liga side from Barcelona, yes?

Espanyol coming for this game full of confidence after their big win on away against Valencia. Of course, today coach Moreno will make changes in his squad, but still we will see a lot of high quality players on the pitch. Ponferradina coming to this game after poor loss on away against Oviedo. Like I mentioned before - hosts motivation is under big question mark for me. Today we will see in first squad only 5 players which started game against Oviedo. We will not see in starting line up their best players like Adot, Arias, Medina or Abedzadeh. That should have very bad impact on their performance today.

Espanyol coach Moreno said: "It's an important match for us. Life goes on and now we only think about the cup. It gave us confidence, enthusiasm. We were thinking about the league, Valencia and once it was over we only thought about the cup. It has nothing to do with one match. We will try to put the best team possible because we want to pass. They are a tough opponent and we know then from the second division, we played very recently. We know the difficulty and more away from home."

Motivation, form and quality is on Espanyol side. They have all required tools to make win in today's match. I see great value in those odds.

在我看来，西班牙人有很好的机会在今天的比赛中取得胜利。

两支球队在上赛季的西乙联赛 中相互交手。西班牙人两次战胜蓬费拉迪，主场2:0，客场4:1。他们有很好的心理优势。

我相信西班牙人有更大的动力去赢得今天的比赛。他们已经四次赢得国王杯，上一次是在 2005/2006 赛季。西班牙人目前在积分榜上的状态非常好，他们处于非常安全的位置，比降级区高出 10 分，因此他们有动力参加杯赛，并且能够更进一步。另一方面，蓬费拉迪纳想要冲击升级名额，这是他们的梦想，参加杯赛的动力是个问号。在过去的两个赛季中，蓬费拉迪纳在与埃布罗等排名较低的球队的比赛中被淘汰出局。在这种情况下，输给西甲的球队比较正常。

西班牙人在客场战胜瓦伦西亚后充满信心地参加了这场比赛。当然，今天主帅莫雷诺会轮换他的阵容，但我们仍然会在球场上看到很多高实力很强的球员。蓬费拉迪纳在客场输给奥维耶多的比赛中输得很惨。就像我之前提到的 - 主持人的动机对我来说是一个很大的问号。今天我们将看到一线队只有 5 名球员在对阵奥维耶多的比赛中首发。我们不会看到像 Adot、Arias、Medina 或 Abedzadeh 这样的最佳球员出现在首发阵容中。这应该会对他们今天的表现产生非常不利的影响。

西班牙人队主教练莫雷诺说：“这对我们来说是一场重要的比赛。生活还在继续，现在我们只考虑杯赛。它给了我们信心和热情。联赛对阵瓦伦西亚一旦结束，我们只考虑杯赛。这场比赛于联赛无关。我们会尽量让最好的球队参加，因为我们想赢球。他们是一个强硬的对手，我们从乙级知道，我们最近打了比赛。我们知道客场作战的困难。”

动机、状态和实力西班牙人都绝对占优。他们有能力在今天的比赛中获胜，预测西班牙人胜。