Wednesday night will see the return legs in seven of the eight ties in the Spanish Copa del Rey (Kings Cup) knockout competition.

Except for the game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which is heavily weighted in Barcelona's favor following a 3-1 win in Atletico's Vicente Calderon stadium in the first leg, most of the ties are well balanced.

Valencia entertains Racing Santander following a 1-1 draw in the first match. The away goal gives the home side a slight advantage, but it will be interesting to see if Valencia's ongoing institutional problems affect them on the pitch.

Deportivo La Coruna faces Sevilla for the third time in a week and hopes for a change of fortunes after losing the first leg of the Cup 2-1 seven days ago and suffering a 3-1 home defeat in La Liga on Saturday.

Espanyol needs to forget relegation problems to overcome a 3-2 first leg defeat against third tier side Poli Ejido, a team that knocked Villarreal out of the competition.

Betis aims to make good their 1-0 win away to Real Union and should be among favorites to progress into the quarter-finals. Meanwhile Sporting Gijon travels to Valladolid, knowing the home side has to score at least twice after Sporting took the first leg 3-1 in their El Molinon Stadium.

Mallorca visits Almeria after a similar result in their first leg, but knows the side has to improve on their abject display in La Liga at the weekend when they capitulated 3-0 at home to Real Madrid.

Finally Athletic Club Bilbao entertains Osasuna on Thursday night. Their first leg game ended in a 1-1 draw.