It won’t be easy but I see Espanyol favorite to qualify here.

Ponferradina is a good team from the 2nd division. They started the season well but now are on a bad run and are sitting 5th on the table. They are winless in the last 3 games.

Ponferradina is a club with a small budget so their squad is pretty short, not able to be 100% competitive in two tournaments and playing in the midweek. For this match they will recover six key players who were positive in covid, but they aren’t at 100% because were on isolation and holidays.

In the Cup Ponferradina beat a club from 4th division (1:2) scoring the winning goal at 87’ and then a club from the same category (2nd division) winning in extra time. In both games they played with reserves, and most probably will make some rotations here.

Espanyol is playing so well this season. Is a home where they are stronger, but this weekend they achieved their first away victory in a difficult stadium, against Valencia. This gave them confidence.

They showed that in spite of being a newly promoted team in La Liga, they shouldn't have problems to avoid relegation. They have a good squad, with several quality players to make some rotation and continue being competitive.

For this match the coach has called to the list their best player - striker Raul De Tomas, who wasn't called in the previous Cup games. The reason is that Espanyo suffered to win the previous games (1:2 and 2:3) and don't want surprises today.

Last season when Espanyol was in the 2nd division, they beat Ponferradina easily twice: 2-0 and 1-4. Espanyol has a better squad and should win here.

这并不容易，但我认为西班牙人可以获得晋级资格。

蓬费拉迪是一支来自第二级别的球队。他们本赛季开局不错，但现在表现不佳，目前排名第五。在最近的3场比赛中没有获胜。

蓬费拉迪是一家预算很少的俱乐部，所以他们的阵容深度不足，无法在联赛和周中杯赛中保持 100% 的竞争力。在这场比赛中，他们将有六名关键球员回归，但由于处于隔离和伤停，他们无法 100% 康复。

在杯赛中，蓬费拉迪纳击败了第 4 级联赛 (1:2) 的一支球队，在87分钟攻入制胜球，然后于同级别（2 级联赛）的球队在加时赛中获胜。在这两场比赛中，他们都是替补阵容出场，很可能本场还会进行一些轮换。

西班牙人本赛季的表现非常出色。他们的主场成绩出色，但本周末他们在对阵巴伦西亚取得了他们的首场客场胜利。这给了他们信心。

尽管西班牙人是西甲的升班马，但他们保级的问题不大。他们有很好的阵容，几位优秀的球员可以进行一些轮换并继续保持竞争力。

在这场比赛中，教练将他们最好的球员-前锋劳尔·德·托马斯（Raul De Tomas）列入了名单，他在之前的杯赛中没有被征召。原因是西班牙人在前几场比赛（1:2 和 2:3）中赢得很艰难，今天他们不想出现意外。

上个赛季，当西班牙人在乙级联赛时，他们两次轻松击败蓬费拉迪纳：2-0 和 1-4。西班牙人拥有更好的阵容，应该可以在本场获胜。