Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Monterey Bay & Los Angeles FC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Monterey and Los Angeles FC.
Monterey Bay form and stats
Monterey Bay was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the US Open Cup.Monterey Bay drew their last game, also a home match. Pittsburgh Riverhounds was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
In the match before that, Monterey hosted Rio Grande Valley and drew the USL Championship game 0-0.There will be little rest for Monterey Bay after this match as they are travelling to New Mexico United for a USL Championship game in only four days.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Los Angeles FC's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
There might be some fixture complaints from Los Angeles FC as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against SJ Earthquakes. Sánchez got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Sánchez hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 47 successful passes (of 51 total).
Before that, the victory at home against Philadelphia Union in the CONCACAF Champions League (3-0).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Real Salt Lake.
{5 goals} so far away for Los Angeles FC, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Bouanga 8 goals |   H. Dixon 7 goals |  C. Volesky 4 goals |
Monterey Bay missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| Monterey Bay | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.3 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 16 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 53% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| 8.6 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Dallas | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
