Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Richmond Kickers & Charlotte 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 Richmond 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.
Richmond Kickers form and stats
Richmond Kickers participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Richmond Kickers have collected 4 points from their USL League One home games so far after 1-1-1.
Richmond Kickers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Forward Madison.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Charlotte Independence and winning 2-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL League One game versus Union Omaha in only three days. This game is also played here at City Stadium.
Richmond have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at City Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. From these home matches, Richmond Kickers have conceded only 2 goals.
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 Shinyashiki secured the home win 1-0 against Inter Miami in their previous game. Goalkeeper Kahlina was absolutely vital in the Charlotte victory against Inter Miami, making six saves. Kahlina (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.64. Kahlina topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a Major League Soccer defeat before that one as the away game against Orlando City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.After this away game Charlotte return home for a Major League Soccer game against Montreal Impact. That game is only three sleeps after this.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Charlotte's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Charlotte have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 4 goals |   E. Terzaghi 3 goals | N. Vinyals 2 goals |
Richmond Kickers missing players
Charlotte missing players
| Richmond Kickers | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 62% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 20% | ||
| 9.9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 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 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Tormenta | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Charlotte Independence | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Central Valley Fuego | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Richmond Kickers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Forward Madison | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Union Omaha | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Greenville Triumph | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Northern Colorado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Tucson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 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 | 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 |
