Copa Del Rey
2019-01-17 - FC Barcelona vs Levante
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Football: Copa del Rey
17th January 2019 – Start time 21:30 [Barcelona, Spain Time]
Introduction :
In the first leg, Levante managed to beat Barcelona by 2-1 so now it will be interesting to see how Barcelona react in this match. Barcelona is still the favourite to go to the next stage as they are playing this second leg at home. In their last match Barcelona won in La Liga, while Levante suffered a defeat.
FC Barcelona
Barcelona has not suffered a defeat for a long time now but in the first leg they took Levante for granted and paid the price as they lost by 2-1. After 20 minutes Barcelona were down by two goals and they struggled to come back. But five minutes before the end, Coutinho scored a vital goal. Had they lost by two goals then they would be under greater pressure, but as it is the situation is still possible for them to make a comeback.
Coach Valverde will definitely send their strongest side to the field now compared to the first leg when he made a whole lot of changes as opposed to their La Liga match.
Levante:
Levante has only managed one win in their last six matches. That was the win in the first leg of the last 16 of the Copa del Rey. Other then that we have to go back as far as early December for their first win. After that they managed two draws and three defeats in their last five matches played. They lost to Barcelona at home and then away to Atletico Madrid. But they were not expected to get anything from those matches either.
Against Atletico Madrid they played well and lost by only 1-0 and now they will hope to take the game to Barcelona at the Nou Camp even though they will play with a different formation now.
Past Meetings:
When they met earlier in La Liga, Barcelona won by 5-0.
The Pick:
Go for FC Barcelona -2 1/2 goals
The Pick :
FC Barcelona 3-0 Levante
