Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sacramento Republic & SJ Earthquakes 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 a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Major League Soccer.
Sacramento Republic form and stats
Sacramento Republic was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the US Open Cup.In their previous game, the manager Briggs led his Sacramento to a defeat away at El Paso Locomotive. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
There will be little rest for Sacramento Republic after this match as they are travelling to Oakland Roots for a USL Championship game in only three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Sacramento Republic friendly games in pre-season: Sacramento Republic played two friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Sacramento Republic scored 3 goals and conceded 5 in these two games.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Earthquakes played 1-1 against Sporting KC in their previous match. Defender Calvo was the best team player with a rating of 8.03. Calvo hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Portland Timbers.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Los Angeles FC.
Just as the home team, SJ Earthquakes have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 SJ Earthquakes wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between these squads: Sacramento Republic won zero, SJ Earthquakes were winners in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |  C. Espinoza 4 goals |  J. Yueill 3 goals |
Sacramento Republic missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Sacramento Republic | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 50 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 39% | ||
| 6.2 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.9 | 12.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | ||
