Perhaps a welcome break from league football as North Carolina & Rio Grande Valley face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hectic days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the USL League One. That game was an away game at Tormenta, so at least Carolina are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
North Carolina form and stats
Last season, North Carolina's US Open Cup journey ended in the 4th round.A good away victory last time out for North Carolina, who won 1-0 against Tormenta.
Ahead of that match, North Carolina lost 0-2 at home to Greenville Triumph.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chattanooga Red Wolves are coming to town in three days.
Rio Grande Valley form and stats
The manager Linares was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue. Grande suffered a 1-2 loss to San Antonio.
Prior to that match, the Rio Grande Valley manager Linares faced defeat when travelling to LA Galaxy II and losing 0-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Indy Eleven in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. López 2 goals | D. Borczak 1 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Rio Grande Valley missing players
| North Carolina | Rio Grande Valley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 11.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richmond Kickers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Central Valley Fuego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Charlotte Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Northern Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tormenta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Tucson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
