Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sacramento Republic & Sporting KC 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 time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting KC, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sacramento Republic form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.An away draw last time out for Sacramento Republic, facing Phoenix Rising in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was a USL Championship defeat to Birmingham Legion (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Sacramento perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sacramento Republic as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Sacramento Republic has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sacramento Republic as they are travelling to their away game against Charleston Battery in the USL Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-3-8 (13 played).
Sporting KC might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Los Angeles FC proved too strong as Sporting KC slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Children's Mercy Park. Defender Ndenbe was the best team player with a rating of 7.1. Ndenbe hit two key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, the Sporting KC manager Vermes faced defeat when travelling to Real Salt Lake and losing 0-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting KC playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 6 Sporting KC wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sporting KC are hosting Austin in the Major League Soccer only three days away.
The attacking power of Sporting KC when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. The Sporting KC manager Vermes has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Russell 6 goals |   M. Foster 4 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |
Sacramento Republic missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Sacramento Republic | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 29 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7.8 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 7.2 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 2 | Austin | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 20 |
