Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Union Omaha & Des Moines Menace face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Union Omaha form and stats
The Omaha followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Greenville Triumph and win 3-0.
Before that, Union Omaha had a USL League One home game versus Tucson which ended with a victory 6-1.The manager Mims will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Forward Madison in only four days.
Des Moines Menace form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Minneapolis City in order to reach 2nd round of US Open Cup. Des Moines Menace was sent out of US Open Cup in the 2nd round last season.The followers enjoyed Moines's previous game versus Minneapolis City, a US Open Cup win (4-2) played at home.
Before that, Des Moines Menace secured a home win against Carolina Dynamo with the score 1-0.Head 2 Head
Union Omaha missing players
Des Moines Menace missing players
| Union Omaha | Des Moines Menace | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 16 | 63 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 51% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 55% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 1.5 | ||