Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Louisville City & Nashville SC 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 no vacation for neither Louisville nor Nashville SC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Louisville City form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.The Louisville City supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Lynn Family Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Monterey Bay.
A USL Championship defeat was the result before that one, 3-4 away at LA Galaxy II.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Louisville, as the USL Championship home game vs Tulsa Roughnecks is only three days away.
Louisville City have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Louisville City have scored 3 goals and conceded 3 times.
Nashville SC form and stats
There were no winners in Nashville's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Atlanta United. Sapong, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Sapong scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Montreal Impact in the Major League Soccer.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Colorado Rapids.
It's a day of discovery for Nashville SC 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 Nashville SC have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Nashville SC has scored 5 goals and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Harris 6 goals |   H. Mukhtar 4 goals |  C. Sapong 4 goals |
Louisville City missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Louisville City | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
