HARRISBURG, Pa. – Two teams facing a must-win match do battle at FNB Field on Saturday night as the Harrisburg City Islanders welcome Saint Louis FC with the USL Cup Playoffs hopes of both clubs on the line. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Harrisburg City Islanders news and notes

• Current record: 9-14-7, 34pts

• The City Islanders come into this match following a 1-0 win against Ottawa Fury FC on Wednesday night at FNB Field.

• Despite losing Cardel Benbow to a red card in the first half, the City Islanders managed to score the only goal of the match in the opening minute in the second half through Ropapa Mensah.

• Mensah's goal was his fifth in the month of September, with the 19-year-old Ghanaian having scored three goals in the City Islanders' last two games.

• The City Islanders are now on a four-game undefeated streak, and have taken three wins in that span to keep their slim hopes of a return to the USL Cup Playoffs alive.

• Harrisburg defender Abass Mohammed earned his first call-up to the Ghana National Team earlier this week as he was named in the country's squad for a crucial World Cup Qualifying contest against Uganda on Oct. 7.

Saint Louis FC news and notes

• Current record: 9-12-8, 35pts

• Saint Louis suffered a 2-2 draw against FC Cincinnati last Saturday night at Toyota Stadium – Saint Louis as the visitors scored on a penalty kick late in stoppage time to deny STLFC what would have been a big victory.

• Saint Louis built a two-goal lead against Cincinnati as Seth Rudolph struck in the first half before a second-half penalty kick by Cristian Volesky, but the side was unable to hold its lead down the stretch as it missed out on back-to-back wins for the first time since April.

• Saint Louis will be without Head Coach Preki on Saturday after he was handed a one-game suspension for being sent from the bench area late on against Cincinnati. 

• STLFC is four points back of eighth-place Orlando City B going into this weekend's action with three games remaining in its regular season.

Series Notes

• The City Islanders defeated Saint Louis FC on Sept. 9 to claim the first win in the series between the teams after the previous two meetings had been drawn.

Squads

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

• 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, Ivan Mirkovic, 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

Discipline

• Harrisburg – Suspended: Cardel Benbow; Accumulation warning: Abbas Mohammed, Pedro Ribeiro, Ropapa Mensah, Shawn McLaws

• Saint Louis – Accumulation warning: Wesley Charpie, Austin Ledbetter, Dragon Stoijkov

Officials

• REF: DANIEL GUTIERREZ

• AR1: Joseph Paolini

• AR2: Joshua Encarnacion

• 4TH: Matthew Vodzak

Game hashtag:

• #HARvSTL

Twitter social handles

• Harrisburg City Islanders – @City_Islanders

• Saint Louis FC – @SaintLouisFC