Copa Del Rey : Barcelona vs Linares Deportivo Match Preview, Line-up, and More

 

Barcelona vs Linares Deportivo
SCHEDULE	TIME
GAME	Barcelona vs Linares Deportivo
DATE	6/01/2022
TIME	12:00 AM (Indian Standard Time)
ARENA	Estadio de Linarejos
LEAGUE	Copa Del Rey
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FULL TIME
2-1
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Team Lineup

Barcelona XI: Neto, Araujo, Mingueza, Eric, Alba, Puig, Busquets, Dani Alves, Nico, Akhomach, Jutgla

Linares Deportivo XI:  Brimah, Cera, Guerrero, Gomez, Leon, Magan, Ruiz, Rodriguez, Sanchidrian, Sanchez, Vallina

Match Preview

Barcelona will be aiming to advance to the last-16 stage of the Copa del Rey when they head to Andalusia on Wednesday evening to take on third-tier side Linares Deportivo. The visitors are the holders of the competition, having beaten Athletic Bilbao in last season's final, while they are the most successful team in the history of the tournament, lifting the trophy on 31 occasions.

Linares Deportivo, who operate in the third tier of Spanish football, were only founded in 2009 and have never operated at the top level, most recently playing in the fourth and third tiers. The Little Blues had only previously managed to reach the second round of the Copa del Rey in their previous three participations in the tournament, so this campaign already represents their best ever performance.

Indeed, Alberto Gonzalez's side beat Gimnastic Tarragona on penalties in the first round before recording a famous 2-1 victory over La Liga outfit Alaves in the second round in the middle of December. Linares Deportivo also recorded a 4-0 victory over Sevilla's second team in their last league contest, which left them in 14th position in their domestic table, boasting 22 points from their opening 17 matches.

SportFlair Score Prediction

We say: Linares Deportivo [0]-[2] Barcelona

Possible Lineup 

Linares Deportivo possible starting lineup: Brimah; Perejon, Lara, Gomez, Barbosa; Sanchidrian, Alex, Rodri, Carnicer; Diaz, Etxaniz 

Barcelona possible starting lineup: Neto; Mingueza, Lenglet, Umtiti, Araujo; Nico, Busquets, Puig; Akhomach, L de Jong, Jutgla

Recent 5 Match Results:

Linares Deportivo 4-0 Sevilla Atletico 

Linares Deportivo 2-1 Alaves 

Linares Deportivo 0-0 Real Balompedica

Linares Deportivo 3-1 Real Betis B 

Linares Deportivo 6-5  Gimnastic de Tarragona

Barcelona 1-0 Mallorca 

Barcelona 1-1 Sevilla 

Barcelona 3-2 Elche

 Barcelona 3-5 Baca Junior

 Barcelona 2-2 Osasuna