Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tormenta & Rio Grande Valley 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 Tormenta nor Rio Grande Valley 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.
Tormenta form and stats
Tormenta participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 32.The total USL League One statistics at home this season for Tormenta are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Tormenta regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Irwin Belk Track and Field Center/Transamerica Field: A 0-3 defeat against Northern Colorado. The penalty miss from Akale in the defeat against Northern Colorado was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Ahead of that match, Tormenta lost 1-3 at home to Charlotte Independence.The match schedule is unforgiving for Tormenta as they have a new game in only three days, a USL League One match thankfully also at home. Greenville Triumph are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tormenta at home in the league. 1 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Rio Grande Valley form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Rio Grande Valley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Detroit City.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Monterey Bay.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Akale 2 goals |   T. Davila 2 goals | R. Ruiz 1 goals |
Tormenta missing players
Rio Grande Valley missing players
| Tormenta | Rio Grande Valley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.1 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 30% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Charlotte Independence | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | One Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Central Valley Fuego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tormenta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Union Omaha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lexington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
