National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Colorado Rapids or Real Salt Lake that keep their silverware dream alive.
Real Salt Lake have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Colorado and Real Salt Lake.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
Colorado Rapids was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the US Open Cup.Colorado Rapids's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Real Salt Lake. Defender Wilson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.42/10. Wilson scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
A Major League Soccer defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Atlanta United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Colorado have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Colorado Rapids as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Cincinnati are visiting.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Colorado, who have participated in three training matches. Colorado Rapids have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It's the second away game in a row for Real Salt Lake, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Colorado Rapids last time out. Attacker Musovski got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Musovski scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Portland Timbers in the Major League Soccer.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Real Salt Lake in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Salt, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Minnesota United.
Just as the home team, Real Salt Lake have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Real Salt Lake wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake have won or drawn the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Colorado.Top Goalscorers
  J. Savarino Quintero 3 goals |   L. Abubakar 2 goals |  M. Barrios Puerta 2 goals |
Colorado Rapids missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Colorado Rapids | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 39 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 13 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5 | ||
