National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sacramento Republic or Colorado Rapids that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Colorado Rapids, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was also an away game, at LA Galaxy. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sacramento Republic form and stats
Sacramento Republic participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the final.Sacramento Republic travelled for their previous game, a trip to Tulsa Roughnecks that ended 1-1.
Before that result, a home victory against Oakland Roots in the US Open Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sacramento Republic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sacramento as they have a new game in only four days, a USL Championship match thankfully also at home. Indy Eleven are visiting.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Colorado Rapids, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus LA Galaxy last time out. Goalkeeper Yarbrough was absolutely vital in the Colorado victory against LA Galaxy, making six saves. Midfield player Ronan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.81/10. Ronan signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Vancouver Whitecaps.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colorado Rapids playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 2 Colorado Rapids wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
After this away game Colorado Rapids return home for a Major League Soccer game against Philadelphia Union. That game is only four sleeps after this.
9 goals have been conceded by Colorado in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Fernandes 4 goals | R. Cicerone 4 goals |  J. Gurr 2 goals |
Sacramento Republic missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Sacramento Republic | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 37 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 33 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 50% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 13 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 |
