Top-ranking Austin II visit Tacoma Defiance after their 4-0-result versus Portland Timbers II. Get out our broad preview!
- All of Tacoma Defiance's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin II have the fewest conceded goals (9) in MLS Next Pro
Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an active match!
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
Tacoma Defiance have played 5 MLS Next Pro games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Defiance, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Colorado Rapids II away with the result 2-1. Miglietti and Hawkins found the net in that victory. What a relief, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win six consecutive games.
2-2 away at Sporting Kansas City II before that.Take note that 9 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
Goals are plentiful at Cheney Stadium in the league this season as Tacoma Defiance has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Austin II form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Austin II playing as the away team in the MLS Next Pro this season. The fact that Austin II have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Austin II goalkeeper Damian Las is eager to challenge this, with his 410 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Austin's previous game versus Portland Timbers II (placed 9th), a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Austin II was very dominant against Portland Timbers II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Flores (2), Mazzaferro and Rodriguez providing the goals.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus St. Louis City II at their stadium, the result 1-0.Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 11 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The attacking power of Austin when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Austin II as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Austin II - Tacoma Defiance 2-1 was the end result in these sides' latest h2h game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pina Rodrigues 6 goals | D. Rodriguez 5 goals | V. Noël 5 goals |
Tacoma Defiance missing players
Austin II missing players
| Tacoma Defiance | Austin II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 67% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 31% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 15% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 77% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 3.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 6.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.4 | 8.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 52% | 52% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 37% |
| 7.1 | 6.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 2.9 |
- All of Tacoma Defiance's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Austin II have the fewest conceded goals (9) in MLS Next Pro
- Austin II have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in MLS Next Pro
- Austin II have the most clean sheets (7) in MLS Next Pro
- Austin II have the most matches under the total-line (10) in MLS Next Pro
- Austin II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tacoma Defiance have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Austin II have scored away.
- Tacoma Defiance have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tacoma Defiance haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin II | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Colorado Rapids II | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Whitecaps FC II | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | North Texas | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 5 | Minnesota United II | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Tacoma Defiance | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Sporting Kansas City II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo FC II | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers II | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | San Jose Earthquakes II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | St. Louis City II | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Los Angeles II | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Real Monarchs | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy II | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
