National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's New York RB or Charlotte that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither York nor Charlotte 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 York RB form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.New York RB's results here at MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field in the Major League Soccer have been very modest with 0 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
New York RB are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Inter Miami. Midfielder Amaya was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Amaya dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 3-3 versus Chicago Fire.The match schedule is unforgiving for New York RB as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. DC United are visiting.
8 goals have been conceded.
Charlotte form and stats
There's been little loot from Charlotte's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. Charlotte only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Impressive finishing from Rios and Shinyashiki secured the home win 2-1 against Vancouver Whitecaps in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Ramírez when Rios scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute. Midfield player Shinyashiki was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Shinyashiki scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Montreal Impact.Charlotte have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Major League Soccer fixture against Seattle Sounders. A gruelling timetable for the visiting team!
Goals are few and far between in Charlotte's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Charlotte struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Morgan 5 goals |  P. Klimala 4 goals |   K. Świderski 4 goals |
New York RB missing players
Charlotte missing players
| New York RB | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 89% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 53% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 5% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 47% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 26% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 37% | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.2 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 21% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | New York City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 4 | New York RB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | New England | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Toronto | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
