Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sacramento Republic & Phoenix Rising 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 quite the trip for Phoenix Rising when visiting Sacramento Republic as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sacramento and Phoenix Rising.
Sacramento Republic form and stats
Sacramento Republic was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the US Open Cup.Happy days for Sacramento Republic in their previous game, a fixture away at New York RB II that ended with a 1-0 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Briggs when Foster scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus New Mexico United that ended 0-0.Sacramento have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Sacramento Republic scored 3 goals and let in 5 goals during these two games.
Phoenix Rising form and stats
Phoenix Rising's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Phoenix Rising are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against San Antonio.
Prior to that match, the Phoenix manager Schantz faced defeat when travelling to LA Galaxy II and losing 0-3.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tampa Bay Rowdies in just four days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Phoenix Rising have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Sacramento Republic wins - draws - Phoenix Rising wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Hurst 4 goals |  L. Seijas Gunther 4 goals |  R. López Alvarez 2 goals |
Sacramento Republic missing players
Phoenix Rising missing players
| Sacramento Republic | Phoenix Rising | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 48 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.1 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
