National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Phoenix Rising or Valley United that keep their silverware dream alive.
Little time to rest for the home team, as they performed in a USL Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at San Antonio.
Phoenix Rising form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Happy days for Phoenix Rising in their previous game, a fixture away at San Antonio that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Ahead of that match, Phoenix Rising lost 2-3 at home to San Diego Loyal.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as LA Galaxy II are coming to town in three days.
Phoenix Rising have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Phoenix Rising have scored 10 goals and conceded 6 times.
Valley United form and stats
Valley go into this game after a win, the home game against ASC San Diego that ended 2-1.
Before that, Valley United travelled to California Utd Strikers and returned home with a draw after the NISA game finished 0-0.The schedule is very tough for Valley United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A NISA game at Bay Cities is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Phoenix Rising missing players
Valley United missing players
| Phoenix Rising | Valley United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 76% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | ||
| 7.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.9 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.6 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
