The fresh new season is about to start and the followers are trembling with excitement. It’s square one as Maryland Bobcats greet Flower City Union for the opening fixture at Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex. Read on!
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.
Maryland Bobcats form and stats
Last season, Maryland Bobcats's league results were 8 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, providing 3rd place in the NISA. During these 23 matches they scored {32 goals} and let in 28. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Maryland Bobcats managed 6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 13 conceded.
Flower City Union form and stats
Let's have a look at how Flower City Union performed last season in the NISA: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 3 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded {57 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 7/30 goals scored/conceded.
With the host team stated as having a winning probability of about 80% by the bookies, any positive result for the visitors would be a small shock. Checking earlier games with similar odds and Flower City Union playing away, we found 4 results. The data from these were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The outsiders lost 2 of these matches by a margin of at least two goals.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier on this match year: Maryland - Flower City Union 1-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - zero - one (Maryland Bobcats wins - draws - Flower City Union wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Maryland Bobcats missing players
Flower City Union missing players
| Maryland Bobcats | Flower City Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Maryland Bobcats | Last season | Flower City Union | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 32 | 25 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 30 | 57 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 79% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 74% | ||
| 46% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 65% | ||
| 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 39% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 39% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 9% | ||
| 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 39% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chattanooga | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Michigan Stars | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Maryland Bobcats | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Syracuse Pulse | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 5 | Flower City Union | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -44 | 9 |
