The Copa del Rey Round of 16 match between Athletic Bilbao and Alaves is set for Tuesday, January 16 at 10pm at San Mames live on Digi Sport 1.

Athletic Bilbao are favorites against Alaves in the new Basque Country derby, this time scheduled for the 1/8 finals of the Copa del Rey (only one leg is played).

Athletic Bilbao have reached this stage of the competition after overcoming Rubi, a team from the Catalan Primera (seventh, regional league), 2-1 in the first round, in the second round against Cajon, a team from the Segunda Federación (fourth place league), scoring 3 -0, and in the round of 16 against Eibar, a team from LaLiga 2 (second division), scoring 3-0 each away.

In the championship, the team coached by Ernesto Valverde is in 3rd place with 41 points after 20 stages, and in the last five games of LaLiga they have won four and drawn, and in the last stage they won, at home, in another Basque derby with Real Sociedad » with a score of 2:1.

Athletic Bilbao are unbeaten in 13 official matches, in La Liga and the Copa del Rey, the last defeat being a 0-1 away game against Barcelona on October 22, 2023.

Athletic Bilbao have won the Copa del Rey 23 times, the last time in 1984 after a 0-1 final against Barcelona, ​​and have lost a further 16 times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2021, 0-4 against Barcelona.

Alaves reached the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey after beating Deportivo Murcia, a Primera Autómica (seventh division), 10-0 away in the first round (Yanis Hagi scored twice, the team’s only from “Vitoria”, at “Terrace” the team from “Seguda Federación” (fourth league) in the second round will also score 1:0 on the road, and at “Betis” in the 1/8 finals they will score at home 1:0.

Luis Garcia’s side are 13th in La Liga after 20 matches with 20 points, five above the relegation zone, and earned an important win, 3-2 away to Sevilla (Janis Hagi did not play at all). the first success after a draw and three defeats in the championship.

Alaves do not have a single Copa del Rey trophy and played in just one final in 2017, 1-3 with Barcelona.

The last time these two teams met in the current edition of LaLiga was on September 22, 2023, when Athletic Bilbao won 2-0 at home to Alaves thanks to goals from Inaki Williams (18) and Sunset (76).

Superbet offers odds of 1.60 on prediction 1: victory of the hosts in the regular time of 90 minutes in the match Athletic Bilbao – Alaves.

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