HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Harrisburg City Islanders will try to continue their recent surge in form when they play host to the Richmond Kickers at FNB Field on Saturday night, with the hosts coming off a good midweek victory. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Harrisburg City Islanders news and notes

• Current record: 5-8-4, 19pts

• The City Islanders recorded their third win in the past four games on Wednesday night with a 2-0 victory against the New York Red Bulls II.

• James Thomas and Paul Wilson both scored in the first half for Harrisburg, which is now only three points behind eight-place Orlando City B in the Eastern Conference.

• Thomas’ goal was his first as a professional, and arrived in his 67th regular-season appearance in the USL. The 25-year-old had made 51 appearances for New York (2015) and Harrisburg (2016) over the past two seasons.

• Brandon Miller has now recorded four shutouts this season, and has recorded 22 shutouts in the USL regular season over the past three years.

Richmond Kickers news and notes

• Current record: 2-9-6, 12pts

• The Kickers fell 2-0 to FC Cincinnati last Sunday evening at Nippert Stadium to remain at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.

• Richmond is on a 12-game winless streak, its longest in USL history, and has lost three of its last five outings.

• The Kickers announced this week it had added former Villanova midfielder Oscar Umar for the remainder of the season.

• Richmond will welcome the Premier League’s Swansea City A.F.C. next Wednesday for an international exhibition, with the Kickers having defeated the Swans 2-0 when they met in a similar fixture last year.

Series Notes

• The Kickers are 19-5-9 all-time against the City Islanders, and have taken a win and a draw in their previous two meetings this season.

Squads

• Harrisburg – GK: Nick Noble, Brandon Miller, Sean Lewis; D: Griffin Libhart, Travis Brent, Tiago Calvano, Lee Nishanian, James Thomas, Abass Mohammed, Chris Hill, Shawn McLaws; M: Mouhamed Dabo, Jonny Mendoza, Paul Wilson, Rasheed Olabiyi, Danny DiPrima, Jake Bond, John Grosh, Pedro Ribeiro; F: Manolo Sanchez, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Olla, Cardel Benbow, Ropapa Mensah, Fredrick Opoku

• Richmond – GK: Marcel DeBellis, Alex Wimmer, Matt Turner; D: William Yomby, Chris Odoi-Atsem, Conor Shanosky, Evan Lee, Mallan Roberts, Alex Lee, Chris Durkin, Braeden Troyer; M: Finnlay Wyatt, Yudai Imura, Patrick McCann, Oscar Umar, Raul Gonzalez, Samuel Asante, Matt Bolduc, Brandon Eaton, Simon Fitch, Luiz Fernando Nascimento; F: Oliver Minatel, Sunny Jane, Anthony Grant, Mikey Minutillo, Jackson Eskay, Franck Tayou

Discipline

• Harrisburg – Accumulation warning: Tiago Calvano, Mouhamed Dabo

• Richmond – Suspended: Fred Owusu Sekyere

Officials

• REF: BRANDON SMITH

• AR1: Ryan Dos Reis

• AR2: Joseph Paolini

• 4TH: Matthew Vodzak

Game hashtag:

• #HARvRIC

Twitter social handles

• Harrisburg City Islanders – @City_Islanders

• Richmond Kickers – @RichmondKickers