Struggling Bethlehem Steel will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hartford Athletic in the upcoming league round. It’s 5th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
The visiting Hartford Athletic played their last game only four days ago, a USL Championship match.
Bethlehem Steel form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Bethlehem Steel, who have the most conceded goals (20) in USL Championship, have to build on here in the USL Championship.
The Bethlehem Steel supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host New York RB II in USL Championship and win 3-2. Heartbreak before that as Bethlehem Steel lost 0-4 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds's place.
Manager M. LeBlanc felt very clever after J. Jasinski scored the winning goal against New York RB II, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 58th minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bethlehem as they are travelling to their away game against New York RB II in the USL Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bethlehem here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Bethlehem having conceded 13 goals here so far.
Hartford Athletic form and stats
Hartford Athletic are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the USL Championship, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
S. Strong and A. Dixon scored in Hartford's previous match, the home game against New York RB II that ended 2-1. That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Loudoun United.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hartford Athletic are hosting Loudoun United in the USL Championship only four days away.
2 goals so far away for Hartford Athletic, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Hartford Athletic - Bethlehem Steel 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Bethlehem won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Hartford Athletic has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zeroTop Goalscorers
  E. Guzmán Zavala 4 goals |  H. Dixon 2 goals |  S. Miscic 1 goals |
Bethlehem Steel missing players
Hartford Athletic missing players
| Bethlehem Steel | Hartford Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 20 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 71% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 7.6 | 8.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 24 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 61 |
| 17 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 31 |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 45% |
- Bethlehem Steel has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Bethlehem Steel has the most clean sheets (2) at home
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals (13) at home
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals (20)
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Bethlehem Steel has the the worst goal difference (-14)
- Bethlehem Steel has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- Bethlehem Steel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Bethlehem Steel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bethlehem Steel is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Hartford Athletic has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
- Hartford Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hartford Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Bethlehem Steel.
- Hartford Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hartford Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hartford Athletic is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | New York RB II | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 5 |
| 5 | Bethlehem Steel | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -14 | 5 |