USL Championship · Group Stage May 31, 2026 04:30

Phoenix Rising

#8 · 40 pts

2 – 0

Final score

Sacramento Republic

#2 · 51 pts

I. Sacko 39' (pen.)

I. Sacko 45'+4 (pen.)

The ForzaPitch pre-match prediction gave Phoenix Rising a 39% win probability (draw 32%, Sacramento Republic 27%). The final result was Phoenix Rising 2–0 Sacramento Republic. In 2 previous meetings, Phoenix Rising have won 0 times, with 1 draws and 1 wins for Sacramento Republic.

Match statistics

Match Events

I. Sacko

39'

⚽I. Sacko (pen.)

39'

⚽I. Sacko (pen.)

45'+4

46'

J. Timmer / L. Desmond ↕

46'

M. Rodriguez / A. Rodriguez ↕

L. Biasi

47'

57'

C. Ukaegbu / A. Essel ↕

↕ G. Studenhofft / D. Rivera

62'

↕ D. Gomez / C. Dennis

62'

67'

J. Casas / M. Kaye ↕

↕ G. Rivera / A. Vukovic

72'

↕ H. Avayevu / D. Flores

72'

78'

D. Wanner / D. Crisostomo ↕

JP Scearce

79'

A. Vukovic

86'

D. Rivera

90'+1

↕ I. Sacko / J. Ping

90'

Pre-match prediction

39.86%

Phoenix ←

32.26%

X

27.88%

Sacramento

we assigned to the actual result (Phoenix Rising) 39.86% (low confidence)

Expected vs actual xG

Exp.

Actual

Δ

Phoenix

1.44

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Sacramento

0.96

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League Table

#	Team	G	Pts
1	New Mexico United	30	52
2	Sacramento Republic	30	51
3	El Paso Locomotive	30	50
4	Lexington	30	48
5	Colorado Springs	30	47
6	San Antonio	30	45
7	FC Tulsa	30	43
8	Phoenix Rising	30	40
9	Orange County SC	30	39
10	Oakland Roots	30	38
11	Las Vegas Lights	30	36
12	Monterey Bay	30	24