Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Charlotte & Orlando City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Charlotte nor Orlando City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Charlotte form and stats
Last season, Charlotte's US Open Cup journey ended in the round of 16.2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Charlotte so far this season.
A nice win for Charlotte last time playing, versus New York City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Copetti (2) scoring for the victors. The gifted forward Copetti outperformed all the other players in that match and received a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Copetti scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at DC United in the Major League Soccer.The manager Lattanzio will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atlanta United in only four days.
Charlotte are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Charlotte defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Orlando City form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Orlando City, as they won the US Open Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Orlando, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Montreal Impact. Midfield player Cartagena was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Cartagena hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs LA Galaxy.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Columbus Crew.
Orlando City have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Orlando City have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding three meetings): Charlotte won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Orlando City have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Copetti 4 goals |  D. McGuire 3 goals |  K. Świderski 2 goals |
Charlotte missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Charlotte | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 47% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 30% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | New York City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | DC United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Toronto | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | New York RB | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
