Can Sacramento Republic beat Rio Grande Valley in Papa Murphy’s Park clash?

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sun 15.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Papa Murphy’s Park (11659 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Sacramento Republic fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rio Grande Valley.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sacramento Republic form and stats

Overall USL Championship stats at home this season for Sacramento Republic are 7-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Papa Murphy’s Park.

The Sacramento Republic supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Seattle Sounders II in USL Championship and win 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at LA Galaxy II.

The Sacramento Republic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Sacramento Republic have conceded only 9 goals.

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Rio Grande Valley form and stats

Rio Grande Valley have only collected 7 points from their away games in the USL Championship, after 1-4-7 (12 played).

The manager G. Echeverry was unhappy after their last game, a USL Championship match played at their home ground Papa Murphy’s Park. Rio Grande Valley suffered a 0-1 loss to Tulsa Roughnecks (placed 29th). Prior to that match, the Rio Grande Valley manager G. Echeverry faced defeat when travelling to Austin Bold and losing 0-3.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rio Grande Valley manager G. Echeverry as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Fresno FC.

The travelling fans enjoy Rio Grande Valley's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Rio Grande Valley's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 33 goals in 12 travels.

Head 2 Head

Sacramento Republic and Rio Grande Valley have met before this season: Rio Grande Valley - Sacramento Republic 2-1. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 4 - 3 - 1 (Sacramento Republic wins - draws - Rio Grande Valley wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

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C. Small
9 goals / 1 assists
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M. Salazar
9 goals
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W. Cabrera
4 goals

Sacramento Republic missing players

Rio Grande Valley missing players

Sacramento Republic Rio Grande Valley
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played 6 13 27
11 7 3 Won 1 1 7
4 3 1 Drew 3 4 7
11 3 0 Lost 2 8 13
38 24 13 Scored 14 20 39
29 10 0 Conceded 16 34 48
88% 85% 75% Over 0.5 100% 100% 93%
62% 62% 75% Over 1.5 100% 92% 74%
54% 54% 75% Over 2.5 100% 92% 70%
27% 31% 50% Over 3.5 67% 54% 37%
19% 23% 25% Over 4.5 33% 23% 15%
42% 38% 0% BTTS 100% 77% 59%
42% 54% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 15%
27% 23% 25% Failed To Score 0% 23% 33%
 
5.1 5.5 4.2 Corners For (avg) 5.5 5 5.1
4.2 4 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 5.3 4.8
1.8 1.8 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.6 1.6
3 1 0 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Rio Grande Valley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Rio Grande Valley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rio Grande Valley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sacramento Republic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Sacramento Republic
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
08-08-19 USL Sacramento Republic 0 - 0 Las Vegas Lights
18-08-19 USL Sacramento Republic 4 - 0 Colorado Springs
24-08-19 USL Phoenix Rising 2 - 1 Sacramento Republic
01-09-19 USL LA Galaxy II 1 - 0 Sacramento Republic
08-09-19 USL Sacramento Republic 3 - 0 Seattle Sounders II
12-09-19 USL Austin Bold 00:30 Sacramento Republic
15-09-19 USL Sacramento Republic 21:00 Rio Grande Valley
22-09-19 USL OKC Energy 23:00 Sacramento Republic
29-09-19 USL Sacramento Republic 02:30 El Paso Locomotive
03-10-19 USL Sacramento Republic 01:30 LA Galaxy II
Rio Grande Valley
All Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
11-08-19 USL Colorado Springs 3 - 3 Rio Grande Valley
18-08-19 USL San Antonio 2 - 2 Rio Grande Valley
25-08-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 1 - 0 El Paso Locomotive
02-09-19 USL Austin Bold 3 - 0 Rio Grande Valley
08-09-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 0 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks
15-09-19 USL Sacramento Republic 21:00 Rio Grande Valley
19-09-19 USL Fresno FC 02:30 Rio Grande Valley
22-09-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Real Monarchs
29-09-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Orange County
06-10-19 USL New Mexico United 00:30 Rio Grande Valley

  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 Phoenix Rising 26 20 4 2 69 22 14 11 3 0 43 12 12 9 1 2 26 10 47 64
2 New York RB II 27 16 5 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 39 14 12 6 3 3 25 18 32 53
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 27 15 7 5 50 23 14 7 4 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 25 12 27 52
4 Nashville 28 15 6 7 49 25 12 6 3 3 22 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 24 51
5 Indy Eleven 24 15 5 4 36 17 13 9 4 0 17 4 11 6 1 4 19 13 19 50
6 Fresno FC 26 14 8 4 45 28 13 8 4 1 23 13 13 6 4 3 22 15 17 50
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 26 13 9 4 48 28 14 8 6 0 25 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 20 48
8 North Carolina 27 12 8 7 46 30 13 7 5 1 30 13 14 5 3 6 16 17 16 44
9 Louisville City 26 12 8 6 37 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 12 4 5 3 14 13 11 44
10 Reno 1868 26 13 4 9 54 45 13 7 2 4 31 22 13 6 2 5 23 23 9 43
11 Austin Bold 27 11 7 9 41 40 14 9 3 2 29 15 13 2 4 7 12 25 1 40
12 Ottawa Fury 26 10 9 7 39 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 5 5 18 18 7 39
13 LA Galaxy II 27 10 9 8 46 50 14 5 5 4 25 26 13 5 4 4 21 24 -4 39
14 Orange County 26 10 8 8 42 35 14 7 4 3 28 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 7 38
15 New Mexico United 27 9 10 8 48 47 11 4 5 2 22 16 16 5 5 6 26 31 1 37
16 OKC Energy 28 9 10 9 42 43 15 5 5 5 21 23 13 4 5 4 21 20 -1 37
17 Sacramento Republic 25 11 3 11 37 28 12 7 2 3 23 9 13 4 1 8 14 19 9 36
18 Real Monarchs 25 10 6 9 49 43 13 8 3 2 35 19 12 2 3 7 14 24 6 36
19 El Paso Locomotive 26 9 9 8 31 28 13 5 4 4 19 16 13 4 5 4 12 12 3 36
20 Birmingham Legion 26 10 6 10 31 39 12 5 2 5 10 11 14 5 4 5 21 28 -8 36
21 Portland Timbers II 26 9 7 10 48 45 13 4 4 5 21 22 13 5 3 5 27 23 3 34
22 Charleston Battery 25 8 10 7 32 35 13 5 6 2 18 16 12 3 4 5 14 19 -3 34
23 San Antonio 26 9 6 11 42 38 13 7 4 2 27 13 13 2 2 9 15 25 4 33
24 Saint Louis FC 25 8 8 9 30 31 12 6 5 1 20 12 13 2 3 8 10 19 -1 32
25 Las Vegas Lights 27 8 8 11 35 43 13 7 4 2 24 11 14 1 4 9 11 32 -8 32
26 Rio Grande Valley 26 7 7 12 39 47 14 6 3 5 19 14 12 1 4 7 20 33 -8 28
27 Bethlehem Steel 26 7 6 13 37 50 15 3 3 9 20 31 11 4 3 4 17 19 -13 27
28 Charlotte Independence 28 5 11 12 31 45 14 5 2 7 19 24 14 0 9 5 12 21 -14 26
29 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
30 Memphis 901 26 6 7 13 27 41 12 3 3 6 16 18 14 3 4 7 11 23 -14 25
31 Loudoun United 25 6 6 13 36 46 10 3 3 4 20 17 15 3 3 9 16 29 -10 24
32 Colorado Springs 28 6 5 17 25 53 15 5 3 7 16 21 13 1 2 10 9 32 -28 23
33 Atlanta United II 27 6 5 16 32 67 14 5 1 8 18 32 13 1 4 8 14 35 -35 23
34 Hartford Athletic 28 6 4 18 40 68 13 4 3 6 23 28 15 2 1 12 17 40 -28 22
35 Seattle Sounders II 25 4 5 16 26 63 12 4 2 6 22 25 13 0 3 10 4 38 -37 17
36 Swope Park Rangers 25 3 6 16 31 61 13 3 4 6 22 31 12 0 2 10 9 30 -30 15

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