Our prediction for this Copa del Rey match:
A place in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals will be at stake when Ourense and Valencia go head to head at Estadio de Couto on Tuesday evening. The lower-league side aim to claim a major scalp in the Spanish Cup last 16 and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against los Che. Javier Carbonell is widely expected to return to the starting XI after scoring a brace against Ludo, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Valencia, on the other hand, were on the verge of beating Sevilla at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, but Adria Pedrosa’s late goal eventually spoiled their party. Anyhow, away win should be considered as Carlos Corberan’s men have been showing signs of improvement of late. January signing Umar Sadiq widely expected to make his full Valencia debut against Ourense, with the likes of Canos, Gasiorowski, and Pepelu pushing for recalls as well.
Highlighted Team (Valencia):
Founded on March 18, 1919, Valencia FC are a Spanish football club that compete in La Liga. Los Che play their home games at Estadio de Mestalla, the stadium which was opened back in May, 1923. The capacity of the venue is 50,000. Seeing that bats are quite common in Valencia, it is no surprise they are nicknamed the Bats.
Valencia made it to the Champions League final on two occasions (2000, 2001), but they were beaten in the title games by Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen respectively. The Spanish club, though, did well to win the UEFA Cup title in the 2003/2004 season, with the team beating Marseille in the final of the competition.
A number of top-class footballers were part of the club in the past, with the likes of Pablo Aimar, Ruben Baraja, David Albelda, Santiago Canizares, John Carew and Gaizka Mendieta all playing for the Estadio de Mestalla outfit. Valencia main colors are white and black, whilst they often where orange jerseys and shorts when playing on the travels.