Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Bethlehem Steel languishing in the 4th position so far. The guesting Hartford Athletic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither Bethlehem nor Hartford Athletic 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.
Bethlehem Steel form and stats
With 2 USL Championship wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Bethlehem Steel, who have the most conceded goals (40) in USL Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Bethlehem are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 4-5 away versus New York RB II. Before that, Bethlehem played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Hartford Athletic.
A goal frenzy last time out for Bethlehem, with a total of 9 goals in the match against New York RB II. Fun stuff to watch!
The manager M. LeBlanc will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pittsburgh Riverhounds in only three days.
Bethlehem are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Bethlehem having conceded 18 goals here so far.
Hartford Athletic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (6) away in USL Championship, on their USL Championship travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Momentum is building for Hartford in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Hartford, whose manager R. Jaïdi could celebrate last time after the USL Championship win against Pittsburgh Riverhounds. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bethlehem Steel.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The USL Championship trip to New York RB II.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hartford have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As for defending, Hartford rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hartford Athletic - Bethlehem 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Bethlehem won one game, one match ended with a draw and Hartford Athletic has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / oneTop Goalscorers
  H. Dixon 6 goals |  E. Guzmán Zavala 5 goals |  J. McGlynn 4 goals |
Bethlehem Steel missing players
Hartford Athletic missing players
| Bethlehem Steel | Hartford Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| 40 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 86% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 79% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 64% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 21% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 137 | 56 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 20 | 129 |
| 60 | 29 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 65 |
| 28% | 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 40% |
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals (18) at home in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals (40) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the the worst goal difference (-23) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bethlehem Steel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartford Athletic has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic has the fewest scored goals (6) away in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic has the most points from losing position (7) in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic 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 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 28 | 31 |
| 2 | Hartford Athletic | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | New York RB II | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 15 |
| 4 | Bethlehem Steel | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -23 | 9 |
| 5 | Loudoun United | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 6 |