Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Seattle Sounders & San Diego Loyal 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 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 Sounders and San Diego Loyal.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Last season, Seattle Sounders's US Open Cup journey ended in the round of 32.Seattle Sounders's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Minnesota United. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Roldán got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.14/10. Roldán hit five key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Sounders lost 1-4 at Portland Timbers's place.Seattle Sounders are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Real Salt Lake awaits in three days.
Seattle Sounders have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Seattle Sounders scored {4 goals-1} and let in {4 goals-2} during these three games.
San Diego Loyal form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated ASC San Diego in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Diego was sent out of US Open Cup in the 3rd round last season.San Diego Loyal had fun at their own home (CenturyLink Field) last time out, beating Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0. Perez scored.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to New Mexico United.After this away game San Diego Loyal return home for a USL Championship game against El Paso Locomotive. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for San Diego Loyal as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which San Diego Loyal have played three with the results W2-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Diego has scored {5 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 8 goals |   E. Conway 3 goals |  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 2 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
San Diego Loyal missing players
| Seattle Sounders | San Diego Loyal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 39 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 51% | ||
| 10.2 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | ||
