About Match
6 points and 8 places separate them: Sacramento Republic 11th with 33, Oakland Roots 19th with 27. Oakland Roots rank 14th in the league on five-round form, well above their 19th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Sacramento Republic 1.32 scored and 0.91 conceded per game, Oakland Roots 1.22 and 1.35, with the league averaging 1.35. A win here leaves Sacramento Republic on 36 points and up to 6th, other results permitting.
Three consecutive draws precede this one for Sacramento Republic.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 4 Sacramento Republic wins, 1 for Oakland Roots, 1 draw, at 4.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 17% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 83% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 83%.
The venue is Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento.