El Paso Locomotive vs Oakland Roots preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Southwest University Park (7500 seats)

A quick look at the USL Championship standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Check out our El Paso Locomotive - Oakland Roots guide!

Insights:
  • El Paso Locomotive have the most points from losing position (10) in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots have the fewest points from losing position (1) in USL Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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El Paso Locomotive form and stats

El Paso Locomotive have played 8 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Rio Grande Valley last time out and are looking for a victory here. The hometeam coach Clarhaut made a successful contribution in the game against Rio Grande Valley, bringing on Gómez who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Ahead of that match, Locomotive lost 1-2 at home to San Antonio.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier El Paso Locomotive matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

The Locomotive fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches.

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Oakland Roots form and stats

Playing away, Oakland Roots have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the USL Championship this season.

Oakland Roots play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Monterey Bay (placed 4th). Yippee; their first victory in the league after six games not winning.

A draw for Oakland Roots before that, at their own venue hosting Memphis 901 (1-1).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Oakland Roots when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 3 games.

A new game in only four days for Oakland, the USL Championship home match versus Las Vegas Lights. Busy days.

Oakland Roots are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. In the opposite end, Oakland Roots have conceded 12 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous three meetings): Locomotive won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Oakland Roots have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.

Top Goalscorers

El Paso LocomotiveL. Solignac
L. Solignac
8 goals
Oakland RootsJ. Rodriguez
J. Rodriguez
7 goals
Oakland RootsD. Formella
D. Formella
6 goals

El Paso Locomotive missing players

Oakland Roots missing players

El Paso Locomotive Oakland Roots
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 11 1 Played P 3 10 19
9 4 0 Won W 1 4 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
5 5 1 Lost L 2 4 6
26 11 1 Scored S 5 16 25
20 12 2 Conceded C 7 16 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
68% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 79%
53% 36% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 47%
21% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 26%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
58% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 47%
32% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 37%
16% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 26%
 
5 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 4.8
4.3 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.3
2.8 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.7 14.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.8 11.5
4.6 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.4 4.5
30% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 30% 29%
 
11.4 11.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.1 11.2
4.2 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.2 4.6
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • El Paso Locomotive have the most points from losing position (10) in USL Championship
  • El Paso Locomotive haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Oakland Roots have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oakland Roots have the fewest points from losing position (1) in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 El Paso Locomotive 15 9 3 3 24 16 8 4 1 3 9 8 7 5 2 0 15 8 8 30
2 Sacramento Republic 15 8 5 2 26 9 8 6 1 1 18 4 7 2 4 1 8 5 17 29
3 San Antonio 15 6 7 2 27 16 8 3 5 0 13 9 7 3 2 2 14 7 11 25
4 Monterey Bay 15 6 5 4 25 19 8 3 3 2 16 11 7 3 2 2 9 8 6 23
5 San Diego Loyal 15 6 5 4 24 21 8 4 2 2 13 9 7 2 3 2 11 12 3 23
6 Oakland Roots 14 6 4 4 20 14 6 3 2 1 7 2 8 3 2 3 13 12 6 22
7 Colorado Springs 16 7 1 8 19 19 7 4 1 2 12 6 9 3 0 6 7 13 0 22
8 Phoenix Rising 15 5 6 4 21 20 7 2 4 1 13 10 8 3 2 3 8 10 1 21
9 Orange County 16 4 4 8 15 23 9 3 2 4 10 11 7 1 2 4 5 12 -8 16
10 Rio Grande Valley 15 3 7 5 15 24 9 1 5 3 9 16 6 2 2 2 6 8 -9 16
11 New Mexico United 14 4 3 7 21 24 6 2 2 2 9 9 8 2 1 5 12 15 -3 15
12 Las Vegas Lights 14 1 6 7 13 24 4 0 1 3 3 6 10 1 5 4 10 18 -11 9

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.