Our prediction for this Copa del Rey match:
Barbastro
Match Time & Date:
04/01/2025
19:00
Prediction: 0-3
Barcelona
David faces Goliath at Campo Municipal de Deportes Barbastro as lower-league side Barbastro take on Catalan giants Barcelona in the Copa del Rey last 32. The underdogs are eager to shock the famous La Liga outfit, but they will have a mountain to climb in Saturday’s encounter. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Andres Barrera, who scored a brace in a 2-0 win over Espanyol in the previous round.
Hansi Flick’s troops, on the other hand, aim to regain a much-needed confidence following back-to-back defeats to Leganes and Atletico Madrid. Even though the German tactician is going to shuffle his pack, anything but a routine away win would be a big surprise. Both Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo are pushing for recalls to the starting XI, while the likes of Lamine Yamal, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal, and Marc ter Stegen are out of contention with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team ():
Fulham 
Ipswich 
AS Roma
Lazio
