CINCINNATI – FC Cincinnati and the Charleston Battery will both try to build on big wins a weekend ago as they meet at Nippert Stadium separated by only two points in the top four of the USL’s Eastern Conference standings. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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FC Cincinnati news and notes

• Current record: 11-4-4, 37pts
• Cincinnati took a 2-0 victory last Saturday against first-place Louisville City FC to claim the River Cities Cup in the inaugural season series between the teams.
• Sean Okoli and Andrew Wiedeman scored for Cincinnati as it rebounded from a midweek defeat to the New York Red Bulls II on Wednesday night.
• Okoli leads Cincinnati with nine goals this season, which has him tied for fifth in the USL alongside Tulsa Roughnecks FC’s Sammy Ochoa.
• Cincinnati’s crowd of 20,151 against Louisville was the third time this season the side had welcomed more than 20,000 fans for a USL regular-season contest.

Charleston Battery news and notes

• Current record: 10-4-5, 35 points
• The Battery broke the New York Red Bulls II’s 12-game undefeated streak with a 3-2 victory last Saturday at Red Bull Park.
• Charleston took a two-goal halftime lead behind goals from Maikel Chang and Romario Williams, but after New York rallied Heviel Cordoves’ goal proved the winner.
• Chang – who had a goal and assist – and O’Brian Woodbine were named to the USL Team of the Week, after Woodbine recorded a pair of assists in the game.
• Charleston has won four of its past five games on the road, and sits two points back of Cincinnati in the conference standings.

2016 Team leaders

• Goals: Cincinnati – Sean Okoli, 9; Charleston – Romario Williams, 8
• Assists: Cincinnati – Corben Bone, 5; Charleston – O’Brian Woodbine, Justin Portillo 4

Series notes

• Charleston took a 1-0 victory in FC Cincinnati’s inaugural regular-season contest on March 26 at MUSC Health Stadium behind Romario Williams’ stoppage-time winner.

Officials

• REF: Marcos Deoliveira
• AR1: Ronald Stuver
• AR2: Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein
• 4TH: Rob Burda

Game hashtag:

• #CINvCHS

Twitter social handles

• FC Cincinnati – @FCCincinnati
• Charleston Battery – @Chas_Battery