National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Detroit City or Louisville City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Detroit have less rest than Louisville City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Tulsa Roughnecks, so at least Detroit City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Detroit City form and stats
Last season, Detroit City's US Open Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Detroit are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Tulsa Roughnecks.
Ahead of that match, Detroit City won a home game hosting New York RB II (2-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Loudoun United in only four days. This game is also played here at Keyworth Stadium.
Detroit City have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Detroit City scored 1 goal and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Louisville City form and stats
Louisville was sent out of US Open Cup in the 4th round last season.Two away matches in a row for Louisville City, whose coach Cruz could celebrate last time after the win against Atlanta United II. As mentioned above, Louisville City was the only team on the pitch versus Atlanta United II in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Louisville secured a home win against Pittsburgh Riverhounds with the score 2-0.The schedule is very tough for Louisville City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A USL Championship game at LA Galaxy II is waiting in only three days.
It's a day of discovery for Louisville City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Louisville City have played two with the results W0-D2-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Louisville City has scored 3 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Harris 5 goals |   A. Hoppenot 3 goals |  B. Ownby 3 goals |
Detroit City missing players
Louisville City missing players
| Detroit City | Louisville City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 58% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
