FENTON, Mo. – Saint Louis FC will try to build on a big comeback victory in its last outing when it plays host to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis on Saturday night in a contest that will be crucial for both clubs in the race for the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT.

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Saint Louis FC news and notes

• Current record: 7-9-5, 26pts

• Saint Louis rallied to take a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rowdies last Sunday evening at Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis for its second win in the past four games.

• Seth Rudolph scored twice in the victory, while Konrad Plewa scored the game-winning goal in the 89th minute as STLFC came back from a 3-2 halftime deficit.

• Saint Louis is now five points out of eighth place in the USL Eastern Conference with 11 games remaining in its regular season.

• Plewa is tied for third in the USL this season with 19 blocked shots, five behind Tulsa Roughnecks FC defender Modou Jadama.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds news and notes

• Current record: 6-8-9, 27pts

• The Riverhounds took a 3-0 victory against the Harrisburg City Islanders to claim the 2017 Keystone Derby Cup last Saturday night at FNB Field.

• Chevaughn Walsh scored twice for Pittsburgh, and was named to the USL Team of the Week on Tuesday for his performance.

• Riverhounds midfielder Kevin Kerr is sixth in the USL with 125 crosses this season, and has recorded 42 key passes this season.

• Forward Corey Hertzog leads the Riverhounds with seven goals, and is second in the USL with 63 shots this season.

Series Notes

• Saint Louis took a 2-1 victory at Highmark Stadium on April 12, the first win for either side in three meetings since 2015.

Squads

• Saint Louis – GK: Devala Gorrick, Adam Grinwis, Jack Filla; D: Aedan Stanley, A.J. Cochran, Konrad Plewa, Austin Ledbetter, Matt Sheldon, Wes Charpie, Ryan Howe, Erick Cabalceta; M: Sebastian Dalgaard, Dragan Stojkov, Mats Bjurman, Tyler David, Nick Radosavljevic, Octavio Guzman, Max Alvarez, Tony Walls, Ivan Mirkovic, Emmanuel Appiah, Emir Alihodzic; F: Seth Rudolph, Christian Volesky, Milan Petosevic, Daniel Jackson, Tyler Feeley

• Pittsburgh – GK: Trey Mitchell, Matthew Perrella; D: Shane Campbell, Jack Thompson, Taylor Washington, Ryan Adleye, Nick Thompson, Jamal Jack, Tobi Adewole, Ritchie Duffie, Gale Agbossoumonde, Lalas Abubakar, Shannon Gomez; M: Victor Souto, Maduabuchi Obinwa, Stephen Okai, Michael Green, Kevin Kerr, Danny Earls, Kenroy Howell, Ben Fitzpatrick, Marshall Hollingsworth; F: Chevaughn Walsh, Corey Hertzog, Kay Banjo, Romeo Parkes 

Discipline                             

• Saint Louis – None

• Pittsburgh – Accumulation warning: Danny Earls

Officials

• REF: LORANT VARGA

• AR1: Brian Bauer

• AR2: Luis Tribaldo

• 4TH: Matt Geringer

Game hashtag:

• #STLvSPR

Twitter social handles

• Saint Louis FC – @SaintLouisFC

• Pittsburgh Riverhounds – @PghRiverhounds