Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Loudoun United & Columbus Crew face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Loudoun have less rest than Columbus Crew in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Petra Field. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Columbus Crew have had more rest.
Loudoun United form and stats
Loudoun United have collected 7 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 2-1-2.
The Loudoun United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Indy Eleven here at Petra Field.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Phoenix Rising (1-3).Loudoun are traveling soon after this match as the USL Championship match at El Paso Locomotive awaits in three days.
Loudoun United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Loudoun United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Petra Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus was sent out of US Open Cup in the 3rd round last season.Columbus Crew failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Inter Miami that ended with defeat 1-2. Zelarayán, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.85. Zelarayán served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 9 of 10 times and had 60 successful passes (of 75 total).
Before that, the victory at home hosting Indy Eleven in the US Open Cup (1-0).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Orlando City in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ryan 5 goals |   L. Zelarayán 4 goals |  A. Morris 3 goals |
Loudoun United missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Loudoun United | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 43 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 2.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.7 | ||
| 4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami FC II | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Loudoun United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Detroit City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Hartford Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 5 |
