ST.  LOUIS – Saint Louis FC welcomes Orlando City B to Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis on Saturday night in a match with significant USL Cup Playoffs implications as five points separate eighth-place OCB and 11th-place Saint Louis in the Eastern Conference standings. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT.

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Saint Louis FC news and notes

• Current record: 8-12-7, 31pts

• Saint Louis FC suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Harrisburg City Islanders last Saturday in its last outing as it conceded in stoppage time at Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis.

• Christian Volesky notched a second-half equalizer for Saint Louis after the visitors had taken the lead, but a late goal by Pedro Ribeiro for the City Islanders earned his side victory.

• With the loss Saint Louis’ winless run now stands at four matches (0-2-2), the club's second-longest such streak of the season.

• Ivan Mirkovic and Konrad Plewa are unavailable for Saturday's game as they both serve suspensions for yellow card accumulation.

Orlando City B news and notes

• Current record: 8-7-12, 36pts

• Orlando saw its 12-game undefeated streak come to an end in its last outing on Sept. 7 as the Richmond Kickers struck twice late in the first half to earn a 2-0 victory at Orlando City Stadium. 

• OCB has not lost consecutive matches since falling to Ottawa Fury FC on June 20th, its second match on a Canadian road trip, after losing to Toronto FC II six days prior.

• Orlando now sits in the eighth and final playoff position in the USL Eastern Conference, level on points with seventh-place FC Cincinnati and two points ahead of both Bethlehem Steel FC and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

• OCB has recorded six road wins so far this season, tied for fourth in the USL. The club is also one draw away from tying the USL regular-season record of 13, set by OKC Energy FC a season ago.

Series Notes

• This will only be the second meeting between the two sides after they played out to a scoreless draw on April 27th.

Squads

• Saint Louis – GK: Devala Gorrick, Adam Grinwis, Jack Filla; D: Aedan Stanley, A.J. Cochran, 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, Emmanuel Appiah, Emir Alihodzic; F: Seth Rudolph, Christian Volesky, Milan Petosevic, Daniel Jackson, Tyler Feeley

• Orlando – GK: Jake Fenlason, Mason Stajduhar; D: Kevin Alston, Conor Donovan, Rafael Ramos, Zach Hayden-Ellis, Jules Youmeni, Scott Thomsen, Zach Carroll, Fernando Timbo, PC, Leonardo Pereira; M: Richie Laryea, Tony Rocha, Lewis Neal, Danny Deakin, Jordan Schweitzer, Paul Clowes, A.J. Seals, Austin Martz, Ryley Kraft, Pierre Da Silva; F: Hadji Barry, Albert Dikwa, Ben Polk, Joe Gallardo, Michael Cox

Discipline

• Saint Louis – Suspended: Ivan Mirkovic, Konrad Plewa; Accumulation warning: Austin Ledbetter

• Orlando – Accumulation warning: Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Seb Hines, Richie Lareya, Fernando Timbo

Officials

• REF: DANIELLE CHESKY

• AR1: Daniel Ortega

• AR2: Austin Sanders

• 4TH: Christopher Slane

Game hashtag:

• #STLvORL

Twitter social handles

• Saint Louis FC – @SaintLouisFC

• Orlando City B – @OrlandoCityB