LOUISVILLE, Ken. – A big week looms for FC Cincinnati but first they have to wrap up their season series with River City Cup rivals Louisville, who need a win to have hope of claiming the trophy in the match at Louisville Slugger Field with kickoff at 7:30pm

Matchcenter: Click Here| Tickets: Click Here | Broadcast: WYMO (LOU), WSTR (CIN)

Louisville City FC news and notes

Current record: 10-4-5, 34pts

Louisville City will be happy to return home following their 3-1 loss to Charlotte Independence in Charlotte last Saturday.

Mark-Anthony Kaye scored the only goal for Louisville in that match, coming just three minutes into the second half, and raising hopes of a comeback, but Louisville could not haul in a strong Charlotte side.

Louisville will be happy at having dominated possession in that match, and will be hoping to convert that possession in to goals in such a vital derby.

For the first time in club history, Louisville is selling standing room tickets for the match against their fierce rivals.

FC Cincinnati news and notes

Current record: 8-7-7, 31pts

FC Cincinnati comes in to the River Cities Cup match following a dramatic 2-2 draw against Orlando City B last Saturday.

After Kyle Greig took just six minutes to open the scoring, Cincinnati conceded two and looked like losing the match before Danni Konig saved a point with a winner in the second minute of stoppage time.

That goal continued a strong run of form for Konig who has now scored in four straight matches, while Greig’s performance saw him earn a place on the USL Team of the Week bench.

Cincinnati is scoring hot right now, with 12 goals in their last five league matches, helping them to a 3-1-1 record in that stretch.

Dallas Jaye and Aodhan Quinn will be suspended for this match.

Series Notes

FC Cincinnati currently holds the River Cities Derby Cup and a win or a draw on Saturday would see them retain the trophy.

Squads

Louisville – GK: Greg Ranjitsingh, Tim Dobrowolski, Micah Bledsoe; D: Paco Craig, Oscar Jimenez, Tarek Morad, Sean Reynolds, Kyle Smith, Sean Totsch; M: Niall McCabe, Brian Ownby, Devon Williams, George Davis IV, Richard Ballard, Guy Abend, Paolo DelPiccolo, Mark-Anthony Kaye; F: Ilija Ilic, Luke Spencer, Cameron Lancaster

Cincinnati – GK: Mitch Hildebrandt, Dan Williams; D: Matt Bahner, Tyler Polak, Harrison Delbridge, Pat McMahon, Austin Berry, Garret Halfhill, Justin Hoyte, Sem de Wit, Mele Temguia; M: Kenney Walker, Paul Nicholson, Eric Stevenson, Aaron Walker, Corben Bone, Jimmy McLaughlin, Marco Dominguez, Josu; F: Kadeem Dacres, Danny König, Kyle Greig, Andrew Wiedeman, Kevin Schindler

Discipline

Louisville – Accumulation warning: Paco Craig

Cincinnati – Suspended: Dallas Jaye, Aodhan Quinn Accumulation warning: Kenney Walker, Sem de Wit

Officials
REF: CHARLES MURPHY
AR1: Walter Heatherly
AR2: Maggie Short
4TH: Kevin Fikar

Game hashtag:

#LOUvCIN

Twitter social handles

Louisville City FC - @loucityfc

FC Cincinnati - @fccincinnati