Almeria vs Reus Deportiu
Spanish Copa del Rey
Date: Thursday, 18 October 2018
Kick-Off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterraneos (Almeria).
Almeria
Rojiblancos are coming off an impressive 3-0 home victory over Las Palmas in the Segunda Division last time out. It was a completely dominant performance from the hosts as goals from Juan Jose Narvaez, Juan Carlos and an Alvaro Lemos own goal earned them the win.
Francisco Fernandez's men have been one of the better teams in the Spanish second division this season as they are currently eighth in the standings. They booked their place in the third round of the Copa after securing a 2-1 victory over Segunda leaders Malaga.
Narvaez, Juan Carlos and Alvaro Gimenez have been the shining lights for Almeria this season having combined for five goals so far. All three men will be hoping to improve on their tally in this clash on Thursday.
CF Reus Deportiu
La Avellana travel to Almeria off the back of a 1-1 draw away to Sporting Gijon in the Segunda Division. They took the lead on 64 minutes through Miguel Linares but conceded a dramatic equalizer deep into added time to settle for a point.
Xavi Bartolo's team have battled with inconsistency all season as they are currently 16th on the Segunda table after claiming just two wins in nine matches. They secured a place in the third round of the Copa del Rey courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Osasuna.
Linares is the club's top scorer this season having netted three goals in seven matches so far. The veteran striker should start in attack alongside Francisco Carbia who has netted just once in his seven appearances for Reus.
Almeria vs Reus Deportiu: Head-to-head
Almeria have the chance to go level on number of wins in H2H stats against Reus Deportiu with success here.
The visitors won three and lost two of five H2H meetings with Los Rojiblancos so far.
Almeria, however, won two of three home outings against La Avellana Mecanica.
None of five head to head affairs saw goals at both ends.
The two teams have already met each other this season as Almeria took a 2-0 victory in the league tie played in late-September at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterraneos.
Almeria vs Reus Deportiu: Prediction
Reus Deportiu took just one point from last three league games, a thread which began with the aforementioned defeat to Los Rojiblancos. It is interesting to mention they were on a three-win streak across competitions on travels beforehand.
Nonetheless, we just have to see the hosts as clear favourites here based on the fact they won three on the trot at home in Segunda Division. Los Rojiblancos notched seven goals conceding just once in the process.
One thus has to recognize the value of the 1.90 odds offered for Almeria to pick up another victory over Reus Deportiu in just three weeks. The alternative pick would be Under 2.5 goals FT at 1.50 given none of five head to head affairs saw three or more goals scored.