Oakland Roots will want to employ their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The home team are currently 10 points behind San Diego Loyal.
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (24) in USL Championship
- San Diego Loyal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in USL Championship
It's no vacation for neither Oakland nor San Diego Loyal as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Oakland Roots form and stats
4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Oakland Roots so far this season.
The Oakland crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to LA Galaxy II here at Laney College Football Field in a USL Championship match.
Ahead of that match, Oakland won a home game hosting Tacoma Defiance (3-1).There will be little rest for Oakland after this match as they are travelling to Orange County for a USL Championship game in only three days.
Oakland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. Oakland Roots have conceded 11 in these home matches.
San Diego Loyal form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of San Diego Loyal playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.
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. Diego goalkeeper Austin Henry Guerrero Loomer is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Diego's previous game versus Tacoma Defiance (placed 4th), a USL Championship 1-0 win played at home.
A 0-0 draw at Oakland Roots's stadium before that.The schedule is very tough for Diego now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A USL Championship game at Las Vegas Lights is waiting in only three days.
Diego have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Diego rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the participants met previously this season; Oakland - San Diego Loyal 0-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Oakland Roots wins - draws - San Diego Loyal wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Moshobane 8 goals |  C. Hertzog 6 goals | J. Blake 5 goals |
Oakland Roots missing players
San Diego Loyal missing players
| Oakland Roots | San Diego Loyal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 36 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 31 |
| 83% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 61% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 75% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 62% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 25% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 12% |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 71% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 3.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.7 | 6.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 34% | 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 29% | 37% |
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (24) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the most points from losing position (11) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- San Diego Loyal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Diego Loyal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in USL Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Phoenix Rising | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | San Diego Loyal | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 3 | Orange County | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Tacoma Defiance | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 5 | Oakland Roots | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 6 | Sacramento Republic | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy II | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Las Vegas Lights | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 39 | -29 | 17 |