Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Seattle Sounders & 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 no vacation for neither Seattle Sounders nor SJ Earthquakes 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.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Three Major League Soccer home games done for Seattle Sounders, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Seattle Sounders lost their last game at Dallas after a 0-2 scoreline.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sounders handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, five draws and six defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Seattle Sounders as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Minnesota United are visiting.
Seattle Sounders have conceded 4 in these home matches.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
Earthquakes's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, SJ Earthquakes have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
SJ Earthquakes won their last game, 1-0 versus Colorado Rapids played at home. Defender Cardoso was the best team player with a rating of 8.42. Cardoso scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting New York City's place.We have checked recent matches where Earthquakes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, five draws and five defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Vancouver Whitecaps.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For SJ Earthquakes, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Seattle Sounders-SJ Earthquakes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Seattle Sounders five wins, SJ Earthquakes two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 5 goals |  C. Espinoza 4 goals |   J. Morris 2 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Seattle Sounders | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 48 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 25 | 45 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 39% | ||
| 11 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Austin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
