Cornella hosts Barcelona at the Campo Nuevo Municipal de Cornella in a game from the 1/16-finals of the Copa del Rey. Stay with us because we are going to provide you with a useful preview for this game in our soccer betting winning tips. Let’s get to work.
For Barcelona this match comes after a serious dissapointment the Catalans suffered on Sunday. Los Cules faced Athletic Bilbao in the Super Cup final, but they wasted one goal advantage and suffered a 2-3 defeat after extra-time.
Antoine Griezmann scored a brace against the Basques, but once again Barca’s defense dissapointed the fans and the manager Ronald Koeman with its performance. It was a chance for the Catalans to win their first trophy for the season, but Athletic took all the glory at the end.
Koeman was highly dissapointed with the way Barca lost the final. Another blow for him was Lionel Messi’s red card – the first one which the Argentine idol recieved with the blaugrana shirt. Because of this Messi won’t be playing against Cornella on Thursday.
This Copa del Rey game is a great chance for Koeman to rotate the line-up and give chance to players who have fewer amount of minutes. We expect to see Neto replacing Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the starting eleven. At the same time Junior Firpo, Samuel Umtiti and Oscar Mingueza should start in defense.
In midfield we expect to see Miralem Pjanic and Riqui Puig from the first minute while Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong and Pedri should be rested. Most likely Martin Braithwaite and Trincao will be starting in attack. The 19-years old American Konrad De La Fuente is another option for the attacking trident Koeman could use.
For Barcelona it’s a crucial thing to avoid any shocking scenario against Cornella. They are facing a Segunda B team in the 1/16-finals, so for their own confidence it would be disastrious to lose this one.
Cornella reached the Copa del Rey 1/16-finals after a fantastic 1-0 win over the current La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid in the previous round. This should be a huge warning sign for Barcelona – they are facing a team which already caused one huge upset in the competition. If Barca are not careful here it could happen again.
Cornella’s Adrian Jimenez scored the only goal against Atletico Madrid in the previous round. In the remaining time of the game Guillermo Fernandez’ team defended well and didn’t concede any goals.
In the Segunda B Cornella are currently 8th in the standings and they are not having the best season so far. It seems that right now they are performing better in the Copa than in the league.
These are the soccer betting winning tips for the Copa del Rey 1/16-finals game between Cornella and Barcelona. The hosts already eliminated Atletico Madrid from the competition, so Ronald Koeman’s Barca must be very careful here. They must do the job without the suspended Lionel Messi, though – the Argentine captain is suspended for this game.
