Football background guide: Pittsburgh Riverhounds favourites when Indy Eleven arrive

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Wed 26.Jul
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highmark Stadium (3500 seats)

Pittsburgh Riverhounds reset their brains and bodies for another match after their 1-3 result vs Charleston Battery, a match that gave some clarity. How will this affect the battle against Indy Eleven?

Insights:
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Indy Eleven have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in USL Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

This stadium, Highmark Stadium, has been a fortress for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Championship so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0.

Riverhounds lost their last game at Charleston Battery (placed 1st) after a 1-3 scoreline. This team delivered a 13 league fixtures long consecutive run without a loss before that game!

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Detroit City.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Memphis 901 in only three days. This game is also played here at Highmark Stadium.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Indy Eleven form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.

Indy Eleven delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Tampa Bay Rowdies (placed 4th) in their previous match.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Charleston Battery.

Eleven have another fixture away from home in just three sleeps, a USL Championship game versus Louisville City. A strenuous timetable for the visitors!

Indy Eleven have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Indy Eleven have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Riverhounds have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Indy Eleven.

This was the final score when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Indy Eleven - Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Pittsburgh RiverhoundsA. Dikwa Lega
A. Dikwa Lega
10 goals
Indy ElevenA. Quinn
A. Quinn
6 goals
Pittsburgh RiverhoundsA. Osuna Ordoñez
A. Osuna Ordoñez
3 goals

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

Indy Eleven missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Indy Eleven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 8 19
10 7 2 Won W 1 4 5
8 3 1 Drew D 1 1 7
3 0 0 Lost L 0 3 7
26 16 4 Scored S 5 12 20
15 4 1 Conceded C 1 8 21
81% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
62% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 63%
29% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 37%
19% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 21%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
43% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
48% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 32%
29% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 32%
 
3.4 3.5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 4.8
4.1 4.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.1 3.9
2.2 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
9.5 9.1 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 10
3.9 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.4
32% 40% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 50% 31%
 
8.8 9.5 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.8 10.5
2.2 1.6 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.1 4.1
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Indy Eleven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Indy Eleven have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in USL Championship
  • Indy Eleven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the most clean sheets (10) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the most clean sheets (6) at home in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the the best goal difference (+9) at home 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 Charleston Battery 16 8 4 4 21 24 9 3 3 3 9 16 7 5 1 1 12 8 -3 28
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 15 7 6 2 20 11 6 5 1 0 12 3 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 27
3 Memphis 901 13 7 4 2 27 14 8 3 3 2 16 11 5 4 1 0 11 3 13 25
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 15 7 4 4 23 16 9 5 2 2 17 10 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 25
5 Birmingham Legion 15 7 1 7 21 24 8 4 1 3 14 14 7 3 0 4 7 10 -3 22
6 Louisville City 14 6 4 4 15 18 6 3 0 3 7 9 8 3 4 1 8 9 -3 22
7 Indy Eleven 14 4 4 6 15 17 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 -2 16
8 Detroit City 15 4 4 7 10 14 6 2 1 3 3 4 9 2 3 4 7 10 -4 16
9 Loudoun United 16 5 1 10 18 26 8 3 1 4 11 9 8 2 0 6 7 17 -8 16
10 Miami FC II 15 2 7 6 18 24 9 2 4 3 12 10 6 0 3 3 6 14 -6 13
11 Tulsa Roughnecks 16 2 7 7 17 26 7 1 3 3 8 10 9 1 4 4 9 16 -9 13
12 Hartford Athletic 15 2 4 9 20 32 8 1 2 5 8 15 7 1 2 4 12 17 -12 10

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.