National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's New England or Cincinnati that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither England nor Cincinnati 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.
New England form and stats
New England participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for New England so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for New England, who played 2-2 against Columbus Crew. That match was also played at this venue (Gillette Stadium). Buksa has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four games in a row. Impressive! The gifted forward Gil bested all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.92 out of 10. Gil hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 12 times and had 61 successful passes (of 75 total).
Ahead of that match, England won a home game hosting Inter Miami (2-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for New England as they are travelling to their away game against Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
New England have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gillette Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, Cincinnati have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
The Cincinnati goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 205 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cincinnati play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Minnesota United. The end of the last match, against Minnesota United, was very satisfying as Vazquez scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker Acosta got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Acosta hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 50 successful passes (of 62 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Toronto.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cincinnati manager Noonan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Chicago Fire.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Cincinnati have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three England victories, zero draws and one Cincinnati win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Vázquez Toledo 6 goals |   A. Buksa 4 goals |  L. Acosta 4 goals |
New England missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| New England | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Conceded | C | 28 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.1 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | ||
| 12.7 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | New York RB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 17 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | DC United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | New England | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toronto | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
