Atletic Lleida vs Espanyol Prediction and Betting Tips | October 30th 2025

Atletic Lleida will host Espanyol at the Camp d'Esports on Thursday in the opening round of the 2025-26 Copa del Rey campaign. The hosts will be hoping to cause an upset by getting a result when they host a top division side this midweek.

Atletic Lleida have had a difficult time finding their feet in the Segunda Federación Group 3, having won only one of their eight games played in their debut season in the fourth tier of Spanish football. The Catalonian side, who have only one win from their last five games, will also be making their debut appearance in the main stages of the Spanish Cup this midweek but will remain optimistic to book their place in the second round.

Espanyol, on the other hand, have started their season in remarkable fashion, picking up five wins and three draws from their opening 10 games in the La Liga and are currently sitting in fifth place in the division.

The Parakeets were embarrassingly eliminated in the second round of the domestic cup last season following a 2-0 loss to fourth division side Union Deportiva Barbastro and will be keen to show significant improvement and get to the latter stages of the tournament this campaign.

Atletic Lleida vs Espanyol Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Thursday's fixture will mark the first ever meeting between the two sides.
• The visitors have won the Copa del Rey four times in their history, most recently in the 2005-06 season.
• Espanyol have not lost a first round game in the domestic cup since the 2002-03 season.
• Atletic have scored 11 goals and conceded 12 in eight league games played this season while Espanyol have scored 14 and conceded 11.

Atletic Lleida vs Espanyol Prediction

Atletic Lleida will need something close to a miracle to avoid defeat against a much stronger side in far better form and will simply hope to put up a respectable performance in front of their home fans.

Periquitos will be confident to come away with a win and book their spot in the next round and will only need to avoid complacency to get an easy win.

Prediction: Atletic Lleida 0-3 Espanyol

Atletic Lleida vs Espanyol Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Espanyol

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the visitors' last four games)

Edited by Ashwin Hanagudu