Form and context

Real Zaragoza travel to Tudelano for this Copa del Rey first round tie on Tuesday night, with the visitors sitting top of Primera RFEF on a provisional basis after their win at Europa. Ibai Gómez's side have given the competition real importance, though the club's priority remains promotion. Tudelano have no recent results listed in all competitions, so their current form is hard to judge.

Team news

• Tudelano: No confirmed team news yet.
• Zaragoza: Iker Vadillo is out with a calf (soleus) injury and will also miss the Villarreal B league game. Escudero has returned to training after Achilles discomfort and is expected to start. Ademo is available again after suspension, though it is unclear whether he will feature in the cup. Five Aragón players plus Tobajas and Monzón trained with the first team ahead of Tudela.

What the numbers say

• Zaragoza's last five matches in all competitions: 0-2 loss to Malaga, 1-1 at Las Palmas, 1-3 loss to Sporting Gijon, 2-0 loss at Valladolid and 0-1 loss to Granada.
• Across those ten matches counted, Zaragoza average 0.6 goals scored and 1.6 conceded per game.
• No head-to-head meetings between the two clubs are recorded.
• The prediction model splits this one evenly: 33% home win, 33% draw, 33% away win.

Our view

Zaragoza arrive in good league spirits but with a poor recent scoring record in the matches on file, and rotation is expected for this cup tie. Tudelano have no form data to assess, which makes this a genuinely open first-round game.

Most likely outcome: draw - Zaragoza's low scoring average and likely rotation point to a tight, low-scoring cup tie.