National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Las Vegas Lights or Real Salt Lake that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Las Vegas Lights nor Real Salt Lake as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Las Vegas Lights form and stats
Action has already taken place for Lights in US Open Cup as they have defeated LA Force to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Las Vegas Lights's US Open Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.In their previous game, the manager Macip led his Lights to a defeat away at Miami FC II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cashman Field.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Memphis 901 that finished 2-2.There will be little rest for Las Vegas Lights after this match as they are travelling to San Antonio for a USL Championship game in only three days.
Las Vegas Lights have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Las Vegas Lights scored {3 goals-1} and let in {3 goals-2} during these two games.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Salt was sent out of US Open Cup in the 3rd round last season.The supporters enjoyed Real Salt Lake's previous fixture versus SJ Earthquakes, a 3-1 win played at home. Savarino has bagged at least one goal for the away side three fixtures in a row. The ability! Midfield player Gomez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.95/10. Gomez scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Dallas before that.After this away game Real Salt Lake return home for a Major League Soccer game against Seattle Sounders. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Real Salt Lake as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Real Salt Lake have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Salt has scored {9 goals} and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Savarino Quintero 3 goals |   L. Stauffer 2 goals |  J. Glad 2 goals |
Las Vegas Lights missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Las Vegas Lights | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.6 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 40% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 32% | ||
| 10.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.4 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.7 | ||
