National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting KC or Union Omaha that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Sporting KC nor Union Omaha 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.
Sporting KC form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Sporting KC are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Sporting KC, who won 2-1 against Nashville SC. Hernández (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.35/10. Hernández scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that match was a Major League Soccer defeat to New England (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting KC as they are travelling to their away game against Seattle Sounders in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
Sporting KC has the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 league fixtures.
Union Omaha form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Union Omaha playing as the away team in the USL League One this season.
Union Omaha might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Greenville Triumph proved too strong as Omaha slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans.
Prior to that result Union Omaha won their away game at Tucson in the USL League One. The scoreline was 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Omaha manager Mims as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Tormenta.
Union Omaha have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Russell 5 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |   N. Meza 3 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Union Omaha missing players
| Sporting KC | Union Omaha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 49% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | Austin | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Dallas | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richmond Kickers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Greenville Triumph | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Central Valley Fuego | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Forward Madison | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Tormenta | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Charlotte Independence | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Union Omaha | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Northern Colorado | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Tucson | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
