This match features two teams living in the basement of the USL Championship, Bethlehem Steel holding 5th place and Loudoun United lying 4th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Bethlehem Steel nor Loudoun United 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
1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Bethlehem Steel, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in USL Championship, so far this season.
Bethlehem drew their last game, 1-1 away at Loudoun United (placed 4th). Prior to that, an away loss at New York RB II.
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 Bethlehem have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bethlehem, as the USL Championship home game vs Hartford Athletic is only four days away.
Bethlehem has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Bethlehem have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here at Talen Energy Stadium. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Bethlehem Steel have let the opposition score 15 times, an average of more than three per game.
Loudoun United form and stats
There's been little loot from Loudoun United's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the USL Championship. Loudoun United, who have the most conceded goals (17) away in USL Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Loudoun has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Loudoun delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Bethlehem Steel (placed 5th) in their previous match; a USL Championship game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hartford Athletic wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
After this away game Loudoun United return home for a USL Championship game against Pittsburgh Riverhounds. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Loudoun as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. For Loudoun United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Loudoun United - Bethlehem 1-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Bethlehem Steel, three draws and zero wins for Loudoun United. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Amo Takyi 4 goals | A. Amoustapha 3 goals |  A. Bohui 2 goals |
Bethlehem Steel missing players
Loudoun United missing players
| Bethlehem Steel | Loudoun United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 31 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 23 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 91% |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 91% |
| 70% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 64% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 64% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 6.9 | 8.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 99 | 33 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 74 | 108 |
| 36 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 27 | 42 |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 24% |
- Bethlehem Steel has the fewest scored goals (8) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals (15) at home in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals (31) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel has the the worst goal difference (-23) in USL Championship
- Bethlehem Steel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- 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.
- Loudoun United has the fewest points from losing position (1) in USL Championship
- Loudoun United has the most conceded goals (17) away in USL Championship
- Loudoun United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Loudoun United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Loudoun United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Hartford Athletic | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 3 | New York RB II | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 6 |
| 5 | Bethlehem Steel | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -23 | 5 |