UD Almería are to face a new challenge in the first division, now in the Copa del Rey. CD Arenteiro from the town of O Carballiño, will be the next appointment's opponents this Sunday at the Espiñedo Stadium. The hosts play in group I of the Segunda Division RFEF, but they are the leaders and have just been crowned champions of the Copa Federación, a truly powerful team.

As UD Almería head coach Rubi said: 'we're good at creating danger from set pieces.' With these tactics, UD Almería do not want any type of confidence; just the opposite. The squad has carried out one last training session in the afternoon, and this Sunday, at 10 am, the team travels by charter flight to Vigo and then will continue their journey by road to get to O Carballiño.

UD Almería face their twenty-first participation in the Copa del Rey, which had its most outstanding performance in the 2010/11 season –relegation from the Primera Division–, reaching the semi-finals of the tournament and being dumped by FC Barcelona, who beat them at the Camp Nou (5-0) and at the Juegos Mediterráneos Stadium (0-3).

Before, they had beaten Real Sociedad (2-3 and 2-1), Mallorca (4-3 and 3-4) and Deportivo de La Coruña (1-0 and 2-3). Nor can we forget the tournament of the 2020/21 campaign, in which the quarter-finals were reached, falling to Sevilla FC 0-1. Previously, UD Almería defeated Hospitalet, Numancia and the first two such as Deportivo Alavés and CA Osasuna.

In the 2020/21 campaign, in which the quarter-finals were reached, they lost to Sevilla FC 0-1. Previously, UD Almería defeated Hospitalet, Numancia and the first two such as Deportivo Alavés and Osasuna. Since the 2002/03 season, in which they beat Córdoba (3-2), in extra time, to later fall against Recre (0-1), the Rojiblancos have played 41 knockout stage ties, in which they played six extra time and seven penalty shootouts, with four wins and three losses.

On eight of the twenty previous occasions, they were defeated in the first tie and on they were exited the tournament in the second round seven times. Twice, the Indalicos stood in eighths. In 2013/14, they beat UD Las Palmas in the 2015/16 Spanish Cup tie, they were eliminated in the round of 16 against Racing de Santander, who tied at El Sardinero Stadium (1-1) and won in Almería (0-2). A season later, in the round of 16, they beat Real Betis in the tie, with wins at Villamarín (3-4) and at home (2-1), but later the Indalicos lost to Getafe, who tied in Almería (1-1). ) and won at the Alfonso Pérez ground (1-0).