We have to say that both participants are in pretty good shape, North Texas having a 4 point edge on Tacoma Defiance in the standings. Let's get started!
- Tacoma Defiance haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tacoma Defiance have scored at least twice as many goals at home as North Texas have scored away.
It's quite the trip for North Texas when visiting Defiance as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Tacoma Defiance have to build on here at Cheney Stadium in the MLS Next Pro. Two home wins in a row for Tacoma Defiance bring valid hopes of a third.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Tacoma Defiance, as their goalkeeper null null has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the MLS Next Pro.
Defiance's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Houston Dynamo FC II (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, Tacoma Defiance had a home game versus Austin II which ended with a victory 1-0.Tacoma Defiance are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Cheney Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. Defiance have conceded 8 from these games.
North Texas form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for North Texas in their MLS Next Pro matches away.
There were no winners in North Texas's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Los Angeles II (after extra-time, 8-7 on penalties) (placed 12th).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sporting Kansas City II.Many goals are not expected from the visiting North Texas as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. North struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Tacoma Defiance wins - draws - North Texas wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pina Rodrigues 7 goals | H. Uderitz 4 goals | R. Miglietti 3 goals |
Tacoma Defiance missing players
North Texas missing players
| Tacoma Defiance | North Texas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 67% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 20% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 6.4 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 47% | 44% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 33% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 8.9 | 7.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
- Tacoma Defiance have scored at least twice as many goals at home as North Texas have scored 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 |
