USL Championship match preview and statistics: Bethlehem Steel fight Loudoun United

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Wed 18.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Talen Energy Stadium (19178 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic \"six-pointer\" with the home team placed 28th and the visitors in 31st place.

Bethlehem Steel have less rest than Loudoun United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only four days ago.

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Bethlehem Steel form and stats

Bethlehem Steel's struggle is real here at Talen Energy Stadium with only 12 points collected from 15 USL Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-9.

In their previous game, the manager B. Burke led his Bethlehem Steel to a defeat in the USL Championship match away at Indy Eleven. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Talen Energy Stadium. 3-3 away at North Carolina before that.

The manager B. Burke will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tampa Bay Rowdies in only three days.

Bethlehem Steel are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 attempts. Bethlehem Steel have conceded 31 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Loudoun United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Loudoun United so far with only 12 USL Championship points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose). five defeats in a row for Loudoun United in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Saint Louis FC.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a USL Championship home defeat versus Memphis 901 with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Loudoun United manager R. Martin faced defeat when travelling to Hartford Athletic and losing 1-5.

Loudoun United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Loudoun United have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Loudoun United - Bethlehem Steel 3-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Bethlehem Steel 0 wins, 1 draw and Loudoun United 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
K. Murphy
8 goals / 3 assists
F. Moumbagna
6 goals

Bethlehem Steel missing players

Loudoun United missing players

Bethlehem Steel Loudoun United
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
27 15 4 Played P 5 15 26
7 3 1 Won W 2 3 6
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
14 9 2 Lost L 2 9 14
38 20 3 Scored S 10 16 37
52 31 5 Conceded C 13 29 48
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
81% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 88%
70% 73% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 53% 69%
41% 47% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 40% 38%
22% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 20% 19%
52% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 53% 65%
19% 7% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 12%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 47% 27%
 
3.4 3.7 3.2 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 6.2 5.3
5.2 5.1 5.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 7 6.1
2.1 2.4 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.6
8 7 2 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Bethlehem Steel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bethlehem Steel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Bethlehem Steel
All Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
11-08-19 USL Nashville 0 - 0 Bethlehem Steel
25-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Birmingham Legion
01-09-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 0 Swope Park Rangers
07-09-19 USL North Carolina 3 - 3 Bethlehem Steel
14-09-19 USL Indy Eleven 2 - 1 Bethlehem Steel
18-09-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 23:30 Loudoun United
21-09-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:30 Bethlehem Steel
29-09-19 USL Memphis 901 - Bethlehem Steel
06-10-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 23:30 Charlotte Independence
09-10-19 USL Atlanta United II 22:30 Bethlehem Steel
Loudoun United
All USL Championship
All Home Away
23-08-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 - 0 Loudoun United
28-08-19 USL Loudoun United 1 - 1 Birmingham Legion
31-08-19 USL Loudoun United 4 - 0 North Carolina
07-09-19 USL Hartford Athletic 5 - 1 Loudoun United
13-09-19 USL Loudoun United 1 - 2 Memphis 901
18-09-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 23:30 Loudoun United
25-09-19 USL Loudoun United 23:30 Swope Park Rangers
28-09-19 USL Loudoun United 23:30 Nashville
01-10-19 USL Loudoun United 22:30 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
04-10-19 USL Loudoun United 22:30 Tampa Bay Rowdies

  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 28 17 5 6 66 32 16 11 2 3 41 14 12 6 3 3 25 18 34 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 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 15 8 5 51 24 15 7 5 3 26 12 13 8 3 2 25 12 27 53
5 Nashville 28 15 6 7 49 25 12 6 3 3 22 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 24 51
6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 27 14 9 4 49 28 15 9 6 0 26 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 21 51
7 Fresno FC 27 14 8 5 46 31 13 8 4 1 23 13 14 6 4 4 23 18 15 50
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 Sacramento Republic 27 13 3 11 41 30 13 8 2 3 25 10 14 5 1 8 16 20 11 42
12 Orange County 27 11 8 8 44 35 15 8 4 3 30 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 9 41
13 New Mexico United 28 10 10 8 51 48 12 5 5 2 25 17 16 5 5 6 26 31 3 40
14 Austin Bold 29 11 7 11 43 44 16 9 3 4 31 19 13 2 4 7 12 25 -1 40
15 Real Monarchs 26 11 6 9 54 44 14 9 3 2 40 20 12 2 3 7 14 24 10 39
16 Ottawa Fury 27 10 9 8 39 34 13 7 4 2 21 14 14 3 5 6 18 20 5 39
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 OKC Energy 29 9 10 10 43 46 15 5 5 5 21 23 14 4 5 5 22 23 -3 37
19 San Antonio 27 10 6 11 45 39 14 8 4 2 30 14 13 2 2 9 15 25 6 36
20 El Paso Locomotive 27 9 9 9 31 30 13 5 4 4 19 16 14 4 5 5 12 14 1 36
21 Birmingham Legion 27 10 6 11 31 41 13 5 2 6 10 13 14 5 4 5 21 28 -10 36
22 Saint Louis FC 26 9 8 9 32 31 12 6 5 1 20 12 14 3 3 8 12 19 1 35
23 Charleston Battery 27 8 11 8 32 36 13 5 6 2 18 16 14 3 5 6 14 20 -4 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 Rio Grande Valley 27 7 7 13 40 49 14 6 3 5 19 14 13 1 4 8 21 35 -9 28
27 Memphis 901 27 7 7 13 29 42 12 3 3 6 16 18 15 4 4 7 13 24 -13 28
28 Bethlehem Steel 27 7 6 14 38 52 15 3 3 9 20 31 12 4 3 5 18 21 -14 27
29 Charlotte Independence 29 5 11 13 31 47 14 5 2 7 19 24 15 0 9 6 12 23 -16 26
30 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
31 Loudoun United 26 6 6 14 37 48 11 3 3 5 21 19 15 3 3 9 16 29 -11 24
32 Atlanta United II 28 6 6 16 33 68 14 5 1 8 18 32 14 1 5 8 15 36 -35 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 26 4 5 17 26 68 12 4 2 6 22 25 14 0 3 11 4 43 -42 17

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