Delightful dogfight as daring Sacramento Republic duels with determined New Mexico United

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Thu 25.July
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Papa Murphy’s Park (11659 seats)

Sacramento Republic will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind New Mexico United.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sacramento Republic and New Mexico United.

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Sacramento Republic form and stats

Sacramento Republic have collected 16 points from their home games so far after 5-1-3.

The Sacramento Republic fans got no joy from their last match, a USL Championship game also here at Papa Murphy’s Park: A 1-2 defeat against New Mexico United. Prior to that, an away loss at Rio Grande Valley.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sacramento Republic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

The Sacramento Republic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 matches. Sacramento Republic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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New Mexico United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Two travels in a row for New Mexico United, whose manager T. Lesesne could celebrate last time after the USL Championship win against Sacramento Republic. Prior to that match, the New Mexico United manager T. Lesesne faced defeat when travelling to Fresno FC and losing 1-2.

We have checked recent matches where New Mexico United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were W0-D1-L0.

New Mexico United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 21 goals from 13 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as New Mexico United have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Sacramento Republic - New Mexico United 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sacramento Republic 1 win, 0 draws and New Mexico United 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Sandoval
3 goals / 1 assists
K. Frater
3 goals / 1 assists
S. Werner
2 goals / 1 assists

Sacramento Republic missing players

New Mexico United missing players

Sacramento Republic New Mexico United
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played 6 13 20
8 5 0 Won 1 4 7
2 2 1 Drew 3 5 8
9 3 2 Lost 2 4 5
27 17 1 Scored 9 21 36
24 10 5 Conceded 12 22 32
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 100% 92% 95%
63% 60% 33% Over 1.5 83% 85% 90%
53% 50% 33% Over 2.5 67% 77% 75%
26% 30% 33% Over 3.5 67% 46% 40%
21% 30% 33% Over 4.5 17% 15% 20%
47% 50% 33% BTTS 83% 85% 80%
37% 40% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 8% 10%
21% 20% 67% Failed To Score 17% 15% 15%
 
5.5 5.9 5.7 Corners For (avg) 3 3.6 3.8
3.4 3.3 3 Corners Against (avg) 4.6 4.8 4.3
1.5 1.7 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.3 2.1
3 1 1 Red Cards 2 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • New Mexico United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sacramento Republic
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
30-06-19 USL Reno 1868 2 - 0 Sacramento Republic
04-07-19 USL Sacramento Republic 0 - 1 Fresno FC
14-07-19 USL Sacramento Republic 1 - 0 Portland Timbers II
21-07-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 2 - 1 Sacramento Republic
25-07-19 USL Sacramento Republic 1 - 2 New Mexico United
28-07-19 USL Orange County 02:00 Sacramento Republic
04-08-19 USL San Antonio 00:30 Sacramento Republic
07-08-19 USL Sacramento Republic 03:00 Las Vegas Lights
18-08-19 USL Sacramento Republic 03:00 Colorado Springs
24-08-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 Sacramento Republic
New Mexico United
All US Open Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
23-06-19 USL LA Galaxy II 1 - 1 New Mexico United
07-07-19 USL Real Monarchs 1 - 0 New Mexico United
11-07-19 UOC Minnesota United 6 - 1 New Mexico United
14-07-19 USL Fresno FC 2 - 1 New Mexico United
25-07-19 USL Sacramento Republic 1 - 2 New Mexico United
01-08-19 USL New Mexico United 01:00 El Paso Locomotive
04-08-19 USL New Mexico United 01:30 Austin Bold
12-08-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:30 New Mexico United
18-08-19 USL New Mexico United 01:30 LA Galaxy II
25-08-19 USL San Antonio 00:30 New Mexico United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 12 7 1 34 13 11 6 4 1 19 8 9 6 3 0 15 5 21 43
2 Phoenix Rising 18 12 4 2 49 14 10 7 3 0 34 8 8 5 1 2 15 6 35 40
3 New York RB II 20 11 5 4 47 26 12 8 2 2 34 12 8 3 3 2 13 14 21 38
4 Indy Eleven 17 11 4 2 27 10 10 6 4 0 11 2 7 5 0 2 16 8 17 37
5 Fresno FC 19 10 7 2 34 19 10 6 3 1 18 10 9 4 4 1 16 9 15 37
6 Reno 1868 20 11 4 5 42 30 9 6 2 1 23 12 11 5 2 4 19 18 12 37
7 Nashville 19 9 5 5 33 19 7 3 2 2 13 7 12 6 3 3 20 12 14 32
8 Ottawa Fury 19 8 8 3 32 20 10 6 3 1 19 9 9 2 5 2 13 11 12 32
9 North Carolina 19 8 7 4 27 15 8 4 4 0 13 4 11 4 3 4 14 11 12 31
10 Louisville City 19 8 6 5 27 20 11 6 2 3 16 11 8 2 4 2 11 9 7 30
11 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 18 7 8 3 30 18 10 5 5 0 17 7 8 2 3 3 13 11 12 29
12 New Mexico United 20 7 8 5 36 32 7 3 3 1 15 10 13 4 5 4 21 22 4 29
13 El Paso Locomotive 20 7 8 5 23 20 11 4 3 4 15 14 9 3 5 1 8 6 3 29
14 Austin Bold 20 8 5 7 26 29 10 6 3 1 19 11 10 2 2 6 7 18 -3 29
15 Real Monarchs 17 8 3 6 36 28 9 6 1 2 26 14 8 2 2 4 10 14 8 27
16 Portland Timbers II 19 7 6 6 36 31 9 3 4 2 14 12 10 4 2 4 22 19 5 27
17 Charleston Battery 18 6 8 4 26 24 10 4 6 0 16 9 8 2 2 4 10 15 2 26
18 OKC Energy 21 6 8 7 27 31 11 4 4 3 14 15 10 2 4 4 13 16 -4 26
19 LA Galaxy II 21 6 8 7 33 42 11 3 5 3 19 22 10 3 3 4 14 20 -9 26
20 Sacramento Republic 18 8 1 9 26 23 9 5 1 3 16 9 9 3 0 6 10 14 3 25
21 Orange County 20 6 7 7 31 31 11 5 3 3 22 16 9 1 4 4 9 15 0 25
22 Charlotte Independence 21 5 9 7 25 31 10 5 1 4 17 17 11 0 8 3 8 14 -6 24
23 San Antonio 19 6 5 8 25 25 9 5 3 1 15 7 10 1 2 7 10 18 0 23
24 Las Vegas Lights 19 6 5 8 28 31 10 5 4 1 21 7 9 1 1 7 7 24 -3 23
25 Rio Grande Valley 19 6 5 8 31 34 11 5 3 3 17 11 8 1 2 5 14 23 -3 23
26 Bethlehem Steel 20 6 4 10 30 38 12 2 3 7 16 25 8 4 1 3 14 13 -8 22
27 Colorado Springs 20 6 2 12 18 33 11 5 0 6 10 12 9 1 2 6 8 21 -15 20
28 Birmingham Legion 19 5 4 10 19 36 10 3 2 5 8 11 9 2 2 5 11 25 -17 19
29 Saint Louis FC 16 4 6 6 19 22 6 2 3 1 11 9 10 2 3 5 8 13 -3 18
30 Tulsa Roughnecks 19 4 5 10 26 41 8 3 1 4 13 13 11 1 4 6 13 28 -15 17
31 Loudoun United 16 4 4 8 20 27 4 1 1 2 7 8 12 3 3 6 13 19 -7 16
32 Memphis 901 18 3 6 9 18 26 9 1 3 5 9 14 9 2 3 4 9 12 -8 15
33 Swope Park Rangers 19 3 6 10 25 43 11 3 4 4 21 24 8 0 2 6 4 19 -18 15
34 Atlanta United II 19 3 5 11 17 43 9 2 1 6 8 20 10 1 4 5 9 23 -26 14
35 Hartford Athletic 21 3 4 14 24 49 9 2 3 4 12 16 12 1 1 10 12 33 -25 13
36 Seattle Sounders II 19 2 5 12 17 50 8 2 2 4 13 17 11 0 3 8 4 33 -33 11

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