Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Minnesota United & Colorado Rapids face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Colorado Rapids have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Minnesota United form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the final.3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Minnesota United have to build on here at Allianz Field in the Major League Soccer.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 182 minutes without scoring a league goal. Lod was the last player to find the net.
Minnesota's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Cincinnati. The defeat against Cincinnati was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Vazquez). Defender Boxall got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.73/10. Boxall won 8 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Los Angeles FC (0-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Minnesota United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won ten times, drawn two and lost four.
The manager Heath will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Seattle Sounders in only four days.
The Minnesota fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Minnesota United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Colorado Rapids are travelling again after losing away to SJ Earthquakes in their previous match (0-1). Trusty, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Trusty won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that, Colorado Rapids secured a home win against Portland Timbers with the score 2-0.Colorado are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Los Angeles FC in just three days.
The attacking power of Colorado Rapids when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Colorado have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Minnesota United wins - draws - Colorado Rapids wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rubio Kostner 5 goals |   R. Lod 3 goals |  M. Kaye 3 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Minnesota United | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 9 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 21 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 25% | ||
| 13 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Austin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
