National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting KC or Tulsa Athletics that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at New England, so at least Sporting KC are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the US Open Cup.Sporting KC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus New England. Sporting KC's goalkeeper Melia was extremely busy against New England, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
A Major League Soccer defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at SJ Earthquakes.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sporting KC, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Montreal Impact is only four days away.
Tulsa Athletics form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Brazos Valley and Tulsa Roughnecks in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Tulsa Athletics's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the NPSL.
The fans enjoyed Tulsa Athletics's previous fixture versus Tulsa Roughnecks, a US Open Cup win (1-0) played at home.
Before that, the win at home hosting Brazos Valley in the US Open Cup (1-0).
Athletics are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (19 goals from 6 away games). 7 goals have been conceded by Tulsa Athletics in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Salloi 1 goals |  J. Russell 1 goals |  W. Agade 1 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Tulsa Athletics missing players
| Sporting KC | Tulsa Athletics | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 26 | Scored | S | 27 | 57 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 14.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.4 | ||
| 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tulsa Athletics | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Oklahoma City 1889 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Sunflower State | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 4 | Demize NPSL | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 16 |
| 5 | Arkansas Wolves | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 13 |
| 6 | St. Louis Club Atletico | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 12 |
| 7 | Reign | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 5 |
