Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Richmond Kickers & Cleveland SC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an animated match!
Richmond Kickers form and stats
Richmond participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 32.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the USL League One numbers at home for Richmond Kickers so far this season.
The Richmond Kickers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Charlotte Independence here at City Stadium.
In the game before, an away victory in the USL League One match versus Greenville Triumph with a 1-0 scoreline.Richmond Kickers has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Cleveland SC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lionsbridge in order to reach 2nd round of US Open Cup. Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Cleveland SC have an excellent away record in the NPSL so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.
The supporters enjoyed Cleveland SC's previous game versus Lionsbridge, a US Open Cup win (1-0) played at home.
Prior to that match, the Cleveland manager Muresan faced defeat when travelling to Muskegon Risers and losing 0-1.Cleveland SC are a potent attacking force on the road with their 17 goals in 6 league games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Gordon 1 goals | K. Belmar 1 goals |
Richmond Kickers missing players
Cleveland SC missing players
| Richmond Kickers | Cleveland SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 56 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 55% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 45% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlotte Independence | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | One Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Central Valley Fuego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tormenta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Union Omaha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lexington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cleveland SC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Hotspurs | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Buffalo | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 4 | Erie Commodores | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 5 | Akron City | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -13 | 10 |
