USL Championship match preview: Atlanta United II believed to be the weaker party when Memphis 901 pays a visit

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Wed 07.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fifth Third Bank Stadium (8318 seats)

Both Atlanta United II and Memphis 901 are itching for points in this match, even with the away side carrying a 33 point advantage in the standings.

Insights:
  • Atlanta United II have the most conceded goals (74) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest conceded goals (9) away 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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Atlanta United II form and stats

Atlanta United II's struggle is real here at Fifth Third Bank Stadium with only 13 points collected from 15 USL Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-8.

The Atlanta United II supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tulsa Roughnecks and win 2-1. This was their first victory after eleven straight league fixtures not winning! The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Conway, having bagged a goal in three consecutive matches.

Before that game, the home loss against Pittsburgh Riverhounds with the scoreline 1-2.

Betting people might want to know that 11 of the latest 14 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

Atlanta has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Atlanta United II have conceded 31 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Atlanta United II hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Hartford Athletic, Loudoun United, Charleston Battery and New York RB II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Memphis 901 form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in USL Championship, are W7-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.

Memphis has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Orange County for a 1-1 draw.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Loudoun United.

Memphis 901 have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Memphis 901 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Memphis 901 have not lost in the last 7 games (4-3-0) facing Atlanta.

This is what happened when the squads met previously this season; Memphis 901 - Atlanta United II 5-2. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Memphis 901P. Goodrum
P. Goodrum
14 goals
Atlanta United IIJ. Conway
J. Conway
10 goals
Memphis 901J. Kelley
J. Kelley
7 goals

Atlanta United II missing players

Memphis 901 missing players

Atlanta United II Memphis 901
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 3 Played P 4 13 27
5 3 0 Won W 3 7 16
4 4 1 Drew D 1 4 4
20 8 2 Lost L 0 2 7
33 18 3 Scored S 8 18 49
74 31 10 Conceded C 2 9 28
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 89%
79% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 23% 52%
52% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
24% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
59% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 56%
7% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 30%
38% 47% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 15%
 
2.8 3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.5 5.6
5.9 5.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 10 8.5 4.4
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3
6 5 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 9 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 9.8 12.3
2.9 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.5 5.3
40% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 34%
 
16 14 17 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 9.2 8.8
6.9 4.3 7.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.1 3.8
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Atlanta United II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Atlanta United II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Atlanta United II have the fewest clean sheets (2) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the most conceded goals (31) at home in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the most conceded goals (74) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the most matches over the total-line (20) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II have the the worst goal difference (-41) in USL Championship
  • Atlanta United II is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Memphis 901 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Memphis 901 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 Louisville City 27 18 4 5 53 20 13 10 2 1 29 8 14 8 2 4 24 12 33 58
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 27 16 6 5 57 27 13 9 2 2 28 11 14 7 4 3 29 16 30 54
3 Memphis 901 27 16 4 7 49 28 14 9 0 5 31 19 13 7 4 2 18 9 21 52
4 Birmingham Legion 28 15 6 7 45 26 14 7 4 3 23 11 14 8 2 4 22 15 19 51
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 15 6 7 44 32 13 8 3 2 21 12 15 7 3 5 23 20 12 51
6 Miami FC II 28 12 8 8 34 26 14 4 5 5 15 16 14 8 3 3 19 10 8 44
7 Detroit City 27 11 10 6 34 24 14 5 7 2 18 13 13 6 3 4 16 11 10 43
8 Tulsa Roughnecks 28 10 4 14 36 46 14 8 2 4 23 18 14 2 2 10 13 28 -10 34
9 Indy Eleven 27 8 5 14 28 39 13 6 2 5 15 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -11 29
10 Hartford Athletic 28 7 6 15 33 44 13 4 1 8 15 20 15 3 5 7 18 24 -11 27
11 Loudoun United 27 7 3 17 30 52 15 5 2 8 19 26 12 2 1 9 11 26 -22 24
12 Charleston Battery 28 5 6 17 34 57 14 4 1 9 20 30 14 1 5 8 14 27 -23 21
13 Atlanta United II 29 5 4 20 33 74 15 3 4 8 18 31 14 2 0 12 15 43 -41 19
14 New York RB II 28 3 5 20 21 60 15 2 4 9 13 26 13 1 1 11 8 34 -39 14

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.