Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cincinnati & Louisville 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 busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cincinnati and Louisville City.
Cincinnati form and stats
Last season, Cincinnati's US Open Cup journey ended in the round of 32.5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Cincinnati so far this season.
Cincinnati's last game was hosting Portland Timbers and winning 2-1. The versatile forward Santos bettered all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 8.65 out of 10. Santos scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A Major League Soccer defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Saint Louis City.There will be little rest for Cincinnati after this match as they are travelling to New England for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
Cincinnati are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensively Cincinnati have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Louisville City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lexington in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their USL Championship travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Louisville City goalkeeper Oliver Semmle is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Louisville City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Charleston Battery for a 0-0 draw.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against San Antonio in the USL Championship.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Louisville City manager Cruz as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Memphis 901.
As for defending, Louisville rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings with these sides: Cincinnati won four, Louisville City triumphed in three and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |  J. Moreno Borrero 2 goals |  B. Vázquez Toledo 2 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Louisville City missing players
| Cincinnati | Louisville City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 39 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 13.5 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | DC United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Toronto | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charleston Battery | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Miami FC II | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
