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Sacramento Republic will host Seattle Sounders at Papa Murphy's Park on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the 2024 US Open Cup. The home side have endured a shaky run of form in the USL Championship of late, falling behind in the playoff standings and will hope they can find better luck in the cup on Wednesday.
They kicked off their US Open Cup campaign against Monterey Bay back in May, picking up a 2-0 win on home turf. They then locked horns with the San Jose Earthquakes in the next round of the competition, picking up a 4-3 victory in an entertaining outing which carried on into extra time.
Seattle Sounders, meanwhile, endured a difficult first half to their Major League Soccer campaign but have found good form in recent weeks and will be looking to carry that momentum onto the domestic cup this week.
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They faced Phoenix Rising last time out in the US Open Cup finding themselves a goal down at the break before Alex Roldan and Kalani Kossa-Rienzi got on the scoresheet in the second half to secure a 2-1 comeback victory for the Sounders.
The visitors are four-time winners of the cup competition and have finished runners-up once. Their most recent cup triumph came back in 2014 and they will be looking to snap their decade-long wait for the trophy this year.
Sacramento Republic vs Seattle Sounders Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been just three meetings between Sacramento and Seattle. The hosts have won two of those games while the visitors have won the other.
- The two sides last faced off in a pre-season clash back in February which the hosts won 1-0.
- The Sounders are without a clean sheet in all three of their games in this fixture.
- Seattle have the fourth-best defensive record in the MLS this season with a goal concession tally of 26.
Sacramento Republic vs Seattle Sounders Prediction
Sacramento's latest result ended a run of back-to-back unbeaten outings and they will be looking to bounce back here. They have, however, lost three of their last four home matches and could struggle here.
Seattle are on a three-game winning streak and have lost just one of their last 10 matches. They have had their struggles on the road of late but should have just enough to win this one.
Prediction: Sacramento Republic 0-1 Seattle Sounders
Sacramento Republic vs Seattle Sounders Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Seattle Sounders to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Six of the hosts' last seven matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the hosts' last seven matches)
