PITTSBURGH  – Sitting two points out of the playoff places in the USL Eastern Conference, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds face a Rochester Rhinos side looking to solidify its grasp on third place in the standings when the teams meet on Saturday night at Highmark Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds news and notes

• Current record: 8-9-10, 34pts

• The Riverhounds saw a five-game undefeated streak come to an end in their last outing as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Louisville City FC last Saturday night at Highmark Stadium.

• The defeat kept the Riverhounds in 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings, two points behind both seventh-place FC Cincinnati and eighth-place Orlando City B with five games to go in the regular season.

• The Riverhounds announced on Thursday they had signed goalkeeper Brendan Alfery for the remainder of the season to help mitigate injuries to both Keasel Broome and Trey Mitchell. Alfery was a member of the Riverhounds a season ago, but did not make an appearance in the USL regular season.

• Pittsburgh midfielder Kevin Kerr is tied for the USL lead with 57 key passes this season alongside Louisville City FC's Oscar Jimenez.

Rochester Rhinos news and notes

• Current record: 11-5-9, 42pts

• The Rhinos come into this match following a 1-1 draw with Ottawa Fury FC last Saturday night at Capelli Sport Stadium.

• Cristiano Francois opened the scoring for the Rhinos in the 19th minute but the hosts were unable to hold their lead as a second-half penalty kick allowed Ottawa to equalize and share the points.

• With the draw the Rhinos extended their unbeaten run to three matches, and moved into sole possession of third place in the USL Eastern Conference with a game in hand on both the fourth-place Charleston Battery and fifth-place Tampa Bay Rowdies. 

• Rochester has conceded the fewest shots on goal in the USL this season, allowing only 210 through 25 games this season.

Series Notes

• This will be the second meeting between the two sides this season following a scoreless draw on July 22nd. The Rhinos and Riverhounds will meet a third time for the season on October 7th at Pittsburgh's Highmark Stadium.

Squads

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

• Rochester – GK: Kyle Morton, Dan Lynd, Tomas Gomez; D: Joe Farrell, Ryan Felix, Todd Pratzner, Sergio Campbell, Bradley Kamdem, Ryan James, Raymond Lee, Jordan Dover; M: Brandon Beresford, Jalen Brown, Stefan Defregger, Christiano Francois, Wal Fall, Kenardo Forbes, Mike Garzi, Rayanne Boukemia, Antonio Correia, Julian Buescher; F: Samuel Edoung-Biyo, Darius Madison, Jochen Graf, Sofiane Tergou

Discipline

• Pittsburgh – Accumulation warning: Jamal Jack, Tobi Adwole, Danny Earls, Victor Souto

• Rochester – None

Officials

• REF: GREG DOPKA

• AR1: Maggie Short

• AR2: Luke Sobota

• 4TH: Ali Zolgharnain

Game hashtag:

• #PGHvROC

Twitter social handles

• Pittsburgh Riverhounds – @PghRiverhounds

• Rochester Rhinos – @RochesterRhinos