Played
January 15, 2013 3:00 PM EST
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee: César Muñiz
Attendance: 65000
January 15, 2013 3:00 PM EST
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee: César Muñiz
Attendance: 65000
Copa del Rey Preview: Real Madrid - Valencia
The defending Liga champions go into the first of three consecutive encounters against Los Che bereft of confidence following an insipid goalless draw against Osasuna.
By Karthick Arvinth
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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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REAL MADRID
 Adan Arbeloa, Albiol, Varane, Coentrao Khedira, Alonso Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo Benzema |
VALENCIA
 Alves Pereira, Rami, R Costa, Guardado Banega, T Costa Piatti, Parejo, Jonas Soldado |
Real Madrid welcomes back Cristiano Ronaldo and Antonio Adan from suspension for Tuesday's Copa del Rey quarterfinal first leg against Valencia at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
Defender Sergio Ramos remains sidelined, however, as he serves the second of his five-match ban, while Pepe is injured.
Left back Marcelo could make his first appearance for the club since suffering a broken foot in October, but Fabio Coentrao is the more likely starter.
Valencia is set to be without captain David Albelda, who picked up a calf problem in Saturday's 2-0 win over Sevilla.
Sergio Canales (knee) and Jeremy Mathieu (Achilles) remain out, while Sofiane Feghouli has joined up with Algeria for the African Cup of Nations.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Real Madrid has won just two of its last six matches in all competitions (W2, D2, L2).
- The Castilian giants are on a 32-match unbeaten run at the Santiago Bernabeu in all competitions.
- Should Madrid overcome Valencia, it will face the winner of the Barcelona-Malaga tie in the semifinal.
- Valencia has won seven of its last eight matches across all competitions.
- Los Che have lost five of their last seven meetings with Madrid.
- Roberto Soldado (pictured, right) has scored eight goals in his last eight appearances for Valencia.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Real Madrid 3-1 Valencia
- 19.85 %
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Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
- 8.65 %
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Real Madrid 2-1 Valencia
- 8.6 %
| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | Jan 23, 2013 | Valencia 1 - Real Madrid 1 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Jan 20, 2013 | Valencia 0 - Real Madrid 5 |
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| Copa del Rey (ESPC) | Jan 15, 2013 | Real Madrid 2 - Valencia 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Aug 19, 2012 | Real Madrid 1 - Valencia 1 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Apr 8, 2012 | Real Madrid 0 - Valencia 0 |
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Real Madrid
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| May 17, 2013 | Real Madrid 1 - Atletico Madrid 2 | ESPC |
| May 11, 2013 | Espanyol 1 - Real Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| May 8, 2013 | Real Madrid 6 - Malaga 2 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Real Madrid 4 - Valladolid 3 | LIGA |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Real Madrid 2 - Borussia Dortmund 0 | UCL |
Valencia
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| May 18, 2013 | Getafe 0 - Valencia 1 | LIGA |
| May 12, 2013 | Rayo Vallecano 0 - Valencia 4 | LIGA |
| May 4, 2013 | Valencia 4 - Osasuna 0 | LIGA |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Real Sociedad 4 - Valencia 2 | LIGA |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Valencia 5 - Malaga 1 | LIGA |
| 1 | Iker Casillas | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Ricardo Carvalho | Defender |
| 18 | Raúl Albiol Tortajada | Defender |
| 12 | Marcelo | Defender |
| 14 | Xabi Alonso | Midfielder |
| 16 | Luka Modric | Midfielder |
| 5 | Michael Essien | Midfielder |
| 10 | Mesut Özil | Midfielder |
| 6 | Sami Khedira | Midfielder |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Striker |
| 9 | Karim Benzema | Striker |
| 22 | Ángel Di María | Midfielder |
| 13 | Adán | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Arbeloa | Defender |
| 15 | Fabio Coentrao | Defender |
| 20 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Striker |
| 21 | Callejón | Striker |
| 19 | Raphaël Varane | Defender |
| 13 | Guaita | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Adil Rami | Defender |
| 47 | João Pereira | Defender |
| 18 | Víctor Ruiz | Defender |
| 18 | Jose Andrés Guardado | Midfielder |
| 10 | Ever Banega | Midfielder |
| 24 | Tino Costa | Midfielder |
| 21 | Parejo | Midfielder |
| 9 | Roberto Soldado | Striker |
| 7 | Jonas | Striker |
| 14 | Pablo Piatti | Striker |
| 20 | Aly Cissokho | Defender |
| 12 | Barragán | Defender |
| 1 | Diego Alves | Goalkeeper |
| 8 | Fernando Gago | Midfielder |
| - | Jonathan Viera | Midfielder |
| 18 | Haedo Valdéz | Striker |
| 20 | Ricardo Costa | Defender |
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Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Diego Costa Striker Atlético de Madrid |
8 | 4 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo Striker Real Madrid |
7 | 1 |
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Negredo Striker Sevilla |
6 | 3 |
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David Villa Striker Barcelona |
5 | 0 |
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Lionel Messi Striker Barcelona |
4 | 0 |
