Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Flower City Union & DC United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only three days ago.
Flower City Union form and stats
Action has already taken place for Flower City Union in US Open Cup as they have defeated Western Mass Pioneers to reach the 3rd Round.Flower City Union's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Michigan Stars.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Flower as they have a new game in only four days, a NISA match thankfully also at home. Maryland Bobcats are visiting.
DC United form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Things could have gone better for DC United in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Austin with 2-3 on the scoreboard. A huge disappointment for DC United in their last match (vs Austin). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. Najar was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.74. The defender Najar hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.
The game before that, in the Major League Soccer, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Atlanta United.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New England in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, DC United has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Williams Kamara 4 goals |  M. Estrada Martínez 2 goals | R. Canouse 1 goals |
Flower City Union missing players
DC United missing players
| Flower City Union | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 13.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York RB | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Toronto | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | New York City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | New England | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | DC United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
