It's a new USL League One campaign and Union Omaha are eager to get started. Forward Madison are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Union Omaha form and stats
The manager J. Mims will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to North Texas in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Union Omaha, who have participated in three training matches. Union Omaha have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.
Forward Madison form and stats
A quick return to home after this game, as Forward are hosting Orlando City II in the USL League One only four days away.
It's a day of discovery for Forward as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Forward Madison have played four with the results W0-D0-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Forward Madison has scored 2 goals and conceded 12 times.
Let's have a look at how Forward Madison performed last season in the USL League One: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 11 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 6/10 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Wojcik 2 goals | L. Hauswirth 1 goals | E. Vanacore-Decker 1 goals |
Union Omaha missing players
Forward Madison missing players
| Union Omaha | Forward Madison | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 50% |