Austin Bold vs Las Vegas Lights match preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bold Stadium (5000 seats)

Austin Bold and Las Vegas Lights have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 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!

Las Vegas Lights have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Austin Bold form and stats

Austin Bold have collected 30 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 9-3-4. The Austin Bold manager Marcelo Serrano might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Austin Bold crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Reno 1868 here at Bold Stadium in a USL Championship match. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sacramento Republic (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austin Bold have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

Austin Bold have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bold Stadium with 31 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Austin Bold have conceded 19 goals.

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Las Vegas Lights form and stats

There's been little loot from Las Vegas Lights's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the USL Championship. Las Vegas Lights only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Las Vegas Lights, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Las Vegas Lights's previous game versus Fresno FC (placed 6th), a USL Championship 3-1 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Phoenix Rising.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Las Vegas Lights in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Las Vegas Lights, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Las Vegas Lights, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Las Vegas Lights - Austin Bold 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Austin Bold 0 wins, 1 draw and Las Vegas Lights 0 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
André Lima
3 goals
 
S. Guadarrama
2 goals / 2 assists
 
X. Báez
1 goals

Austin Bold missing players

Las Vegas Lights missing players

Austin Bold Las Vegas Lights
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
29 16 6 Played P 5 14 29
11 9 3 Won W 1 1 9
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
11 4 2 Lost L 3 9 12
43 31 8 Scored S 3 11 38
44 19 9 Conceded C 7 32 45
93% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 86%
69% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 69%
62% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 71% 62%
41% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 38%
24% 25% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 17%
55% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 57% 48%
28% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 31%
24% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 34%
 
5 5.9 5.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 3.8
4.6 3.9 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.8 5.6 5.6
2.1 1.8 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.8 2.3
5 4 3 Red Cards R C 1 6 6
Key stats This season:
  • Austin Bold have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Austin Bold have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Las Vegas Lights have scored away.
  • Las Vegas Lights have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Las Vegas Lights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Austin Bold
All US Open Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
25-08-19 USL OKC Energy 4 - 2 Austin Bold
02-09-19 USL Austin Bold 3 - 0 Rio Grande Valley
08-09-19 USL Colorado Springs 1 - 1 Austin Bold
12-09-19 USL Austin Bold 1 - 2 Sacramento Republic
15-09-19 USL Austin Bold 1 - 2 Reno 1868
22-09-19 USL Austin Bold 23:00 Las Vegas Lights
29-09-19 USL Portland Timbers II 20:00 Austin Bold
05-10-19 USL Real Monarchs 18:00 Austin Bold
11-10-19 USL El Paso Locomotive - Austin Bold
20-10-19 USL Seattle Sounders II 01:00 Austin Bold
Las Vegas Lights
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
29-08-19 USL Tulsa Roughnecks 1 - 1 Las Vegas Lights
05-09-19 USL Real Monarchs 2 - 2 Las Vegas Lights
08-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 0 - 3 El Paso Locomotive
12-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 0 - 1 Phoenix Rising
15-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 3 - 1 Fresno FC
22-09-19 USL Austin Bold 23:00 Las Vegas Lights
29-09-19 USL Colorado Springs - Las Vegas Lights
06-10-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 San Antonio
13-10-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 Reno 1868
20-10-19 USL New Mexico United 00:30 Las Vegas Lights

  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 28 22 4 2 74 23 15 12 3 0 47 13 13 10 1 2 27 10 51 70
2 New York RB II 29 17 5 7 66 34 16 11 2 3 41 14 13 6 3 4 25 20 32 56
3 Indy Eleven 26 17 5 4 40 18 15 11 4 0 21 5 11 6 1 4 19 13 22 56
4 Nashville 29 16 6 7 50 25 13 7 3 3 23 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 25 54
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 29 15 8 6 51 25 15 7 5 3 26 12 14 8 3 3 25 13 26 53
6 Fresno FC 28 15 8 5 51 31 14 9 4 1 28 13 14 6 4 4 23 18 20 53
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 27 14 9 4 49 28 15 9 6 0 26 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 21 51
8 Reno 1868 28 15 4 9 61 46 14 8 2 4 36 22 14 7 2 5 25 24 15 49
9 Louisville City 27 13 8 6 38 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 13 5 5 3 15 13 12 47
10 North Carolina 28 12 8 8 46 31 13 7 5 1 30 13 15 5 3 7 16 18 15 44
11 Real Monarchs 27 12 6 9 58 45 14 9 3 2 40 20 13 3 3 7 18 25 13 42
12 Sacramento Republic 27 13 3 11 41 30 13 8 2 3 25 10 14 5 1 8 16 20 11 42
13 Ottawa Fury 28 11 9 8 40 34 14 8 4 2 22 14 14 3 5 6 18 20 6 42
14 Orange County 27 11 8 8 44 35 15 8 4 3 30 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 9 41
15 New Mexico United 28 10 10 8 51 48 12 5 5 2 25 17 16 5 5 6 26 31 3 40
16 Austin Bold 29 11 7 11 43 44 16 9 3 4 31 19 13 2 4 7 12 25 -1 40
17 LA Galaxy II 28 10 9 9 47 54 14 5 5 4 25 26 14 5 4 5 22 28 -7 39
18 Saint Louis FC 27 10 8 9 34 31 13 7 5 1 22 12 14 3 3 8 12 19 3 38
19 OKC Energy 29 9 10 10 43 46 15 5 5 5 21 23 14 4 5 5 22 23 -3 37
20 San Antonio 27 10 6 11 45 39 14 8 4 2 30 14 13 2 2 9 15 25 6 36
21 El Paso Locomotive 27 9 9 9 31 30 13 5 4 4 19 16 14 4 5 5 12 14 1 36
22 Birmingham Legion 28 10 6 12 31 42 13 5 2 6 10 13 15 5 4 6 21 29 -11 36
23 Charleston Battery 28 8 11 9 33 39 13 5 6 2 18 16 15 3 5 7 15 23 -6 35
24 Las Vegas Lights 29 9 8 12 38 45 15 8 4 3 27 13 14 1 4 9 11 32 -7 35
25 Portland Timbers II 27 9 7 11 49 50 13 4 4 5 21 22 14 5 3 6 28 28 -1 34
26 Bethlehem Steel 28 8 6 14 43 54 16 4 3 9 25 33 12 4 3 5 18 21 -11 30
27 Memphis 901 27 7 7 13 29 42 12 3 3 6 16 18 15 4 4 7 13 24 -13 28
28 Rio Grande Valley 28 7 7 14 40 54 14 6 3 5 19 14 14 1 4 9 21 40 -14 28
29 Atlanta United II 29 7 6 16 36 69 15 6 1 8 21 33 14 1 5 8 15 36 -33 27
30 Charlotte Independence 29 5 11 13 31 47 14 5 2 7 19 24 15 0 9 6 12 23 -16 26
31 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
32 Loudoun United 27 6 6 15 39 53 11 3 3 5 21 19 16 3 3 10 18 34 -14 24
33 Colorado Springs 29 6 5 18 26 56 15 5 3 7 16 21 14 1 2 11 10 35 -30 23
34 Hartford Athletic 29 6 4 19 40 69 14 4 3 7 23 29 15 2 1 12 17 40 -29 22
35 Swope Park Rangers 27 4 7 16 32 61 15 4 5 6 23 31 12 0 2 10 9 30 -29 19
36 Seattle Sounders II 27 4 5 18 27 72 13 4 2 7 23 29 14 0 3 11 4 43 -45 17

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