Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sacramento Republic & Oakland Roots 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 no vacation for neither Sacramento Republic nor Oakland Roots as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sacramento Republic form and stats
Action has already taken place for Sacramento in US Open Cup as they have defeated Crossfire Redmond to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the final.A nice win for Sacramento Republic last time playing, versus Detroit City. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Fernandes scoring for the victors.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Colorado Springs.Sacramento Republic are traveling soon after this match as the USL Championship match at Tulsa Roughnecks awaits in three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Sacramento Republic, who have participated in three training matches. Sacramento Republic have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.
Oakland Roots form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated El Farolito in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Oakland lost away at Loudoun United (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A loss against Hartford Athletic was the result prior to that, in a USL Championship home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Miami FC II in just three days.
Just as the home team, Oakland Roots have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Oakland Roots win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Sacramento one win, five draws and Oakland Roots one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Fernandes 4 goals | R. Cicerone 4 goals |  J. Gurr 2 goals |
Sacramento Republic missing players
Oakland Roots missing players
| Sacramento Republic | Oakland Roots | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 37 | Scored | S | 24 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 52% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 7.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
