Barcelona vs Valencia, Leganes vs Sevilla in Spanish Cup semis

IANS  |  Madrid 

According to the draw held fo the Spanish Cup semi-finals, three-time defending champions will take on and will play

will face for the 20th time in Spanish Cup history, reports

have won 13 of these match-ups, including the 1970-1971 Spanish Cup final while took the other seven pairings and the 1951-1952 final.

have reached the semi-finals for the eighth time by way of beating their cross-town rivals Espanyol.

For their part, reached this stage after defeating Alaves in a penalty shootout.

Valencia's will have another opportunity to get past the semi-final stage after three unsuccessful attempts.

The other semi-final match features Leganes, who reached the semi-finals for the first time, and

stunned Real 2-1 at in a two-legged quarter-final after losing the first leg 0-1.

knocked out Atletico in the quarter-final two matches with a 5-2 aggregate victory.

have been the victor in six out of nine games against Leganes, playing draw twice and losing one to the Madrid-based club.

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First Published: Sat, January 27 2018. 17:50 IST