National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Orange County or LA Force that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Orange County form and stats
Last season, Orange's US Open Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The Orange County coach Chaplow and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus New Mexico United.
Previous to that game, a USL Championship home match hosting Rio Grande Valley in a game that was won 2-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Orange County as they have a new game in only four days, a USL Championship match thankfully also at home. San Antonio are visiting.
Orange County have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Orange have scored 5 goals and conceded 3 times.
LA Force form and stats
LA Force played 0-0 against Bay Cities in their previous match.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Detroit City.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Force manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against ASC San Diego.
Head 2 Head
Orange County missing players
LA Force missing players
| Orange County | LA Force | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
