National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's New England or Hartford Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Hartford Athletic have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-4 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Major League Soccer match only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Gillette Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hartford Athletic have had more rest.
New England form and stats
New England participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, New England have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
The England regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Sporting KC and win 2-1. Attacking player Vrioni outshone all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Vrioni scored two goals and hit one key pass.
1-1 away at Columbus Crew before that.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for New England home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for New England as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Cincinnati are visiting.
The New England manager Arena has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. England have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Hartford Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lansdowne Bhoys in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hartford Athletic playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.
Hartford Athletic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Oakland Roots.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Charleston Battery's place.You'll want to know how Hartford Athletic managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
The Hartford manager Ramos has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Saydee 4 goals |  G. Vrioni 3 goals |  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 2 goals |
New England missing players
Hartford Athletic missing players
| New England | Hartford Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 44% | ||
| 15.3 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | DC United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Toronto | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -12 | 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 | Charleston Battery | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Miami FC II | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
