Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forward Madison & Cleveland SC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Forward Madison have less rest than Cleveland SC in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL League One game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Chattanooga Red Wolves, so at least Forward are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Forward Madison form and stats
Forward Madison was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the US Open Cup.An away draw last time out for Forward Madison, facing Chattanooga Red Wolves in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Chattanooga Red Wolves.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL League One game versus Union Omaha in only three days. This game is also played here at Breese Stevens Field.
Cleveland SC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Chicago FC United in order to reach 2nd round of US Open Cup.Playing away, Cleveland SC have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the NPSL this season.
The club members enjoyed Cleveland's previous fixture versus Chicago FC United, a US Open Cup win (2-1) played at home.
A 3-4 loss hosting Denton Diablos before that.Cleveland SC have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Cleveland SC as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Bartman 1 goals |
Forward Madison missing players
Cleveland SC missing players
| Forward Madison | Cleveland SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 43 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 47% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 6% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richmond Kickers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Central Valley Fuego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Charlotte Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Northern Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tormenta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Tucson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cleveland SC | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Hotspurs | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Buffalo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Erie Commodores | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
| 5 | Rochester Lancers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
| 6 | Syracuse FC | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
