Bethlehem Steel vs New York RB II: Match guide and preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Wed 10.July
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Talen Energy Stadium (19178 seats)

Struggling Bethlehem Steel will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying New York RB II in the upcoming league round. It’s 26th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bethlehem Steel form and stats

With 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Bethlehem Steel are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Bethlehem Steel lost their last game at Pittsburgh Riverhounds after a 0-1 scoreline. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Hartford Athletic.

Bethlehem Steel has scored 13 goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bethlehem Steel defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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New York RB II form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of New York RB II playing as the away team this season.

New York RB II's last game was the home draw against Ottawa Fury (1-1). A 1-1 draw at Charleston Battery's stadium before that.

A new game in only three days for New York RB II, the USL Championship home match versus Atlanta United II. Busy days.

New York RB II have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, 6 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as New York RB II have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; New York RB II - Bethlehem Steel 4-0. Last nine meetings between the teams: Bethlehem Steel won 3, New York RB II won 5 and 1 draw. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Barlow
8 goals
F. Moumbagna
5 goals
J. Stroud
5 goals / 5 assists

Bethlehem Steel missing players

New York RB II missing players

Bethlehem Steel New York RB II
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
18 11 6 Played 1 6 17
5 2 0 Won 1 2 9
4 3 1 Drew 0 2 4
9 6 5 Lost 0 2 4
26 13 4 Scored 3 7 33
34 21 15 Conceded 1 9 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 82% 83% Over 1.5 100% 100% 94%
72% 73% 83% Over 2.5 100% 50% 65%
44% 45% 33% Over 3.5 100% 17% 41%
17% 9% 17% Over 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 64% 50% BTTS 100% 67% 65%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 24%
33% 36% 50% Failed To Score 0% 33% 12%
 
3.3 3.4 4 Corners For (avg) 9 5.5 7.1
5.4 5.4 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.8 4.2
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.7 1.6
4 3 2 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of New York RB II's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bethlehem Steel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Bethlehem Steel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bethlehem Steel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • New York RB II have created more than twice as many corners as Bethlehem Steel.
  • New York RB II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • New York RB II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • New York RB II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Bethlehem Steel
All Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
09-06-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 1 - 4 Nashville
16-06-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 3 - 1 Saint Louis FC
22-06-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
28-06-19 USL Hartford Athletic 0 - 3 Bethlehem Steel
04-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 - 0 Bethlehem Steel
10-07-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 23:30 New York RB II
20-07-19 USL Louisville City 23:00 Bethlehem Steel
28-07-19 USL Saint Louis FC 00:30 Bethlehem Steel
30-07-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 16:30 Hartford Athletic
11-08-19 USL Nashville - Bethlehem Steel
New York RB II
All USL Championship
All Home Away
07-06-19 USL Atlanta United II 1 - 3 New York RB II
16-06-19 USL New York RB II 1 - 0 Louisville City
22-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3 - 0 New York RB II
29-06-19 USL Charleston Battery 1 - 1 New York RB II
05-07-19 USL New York RB II 1 - 1 Ottawa Fury
10-07-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 23:30 New York RB II
13-07-19 USL New York RB II 21:00 Atlanta United II
21-07-19 USL Memphis 901 00:30 New York RB II
26-07-19 USL New York RB II 23:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
02-08-19 USL New York RB II 23:00 Saint Louis FC

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 11 6 1 29 11 10 5 4 1 15 7 8 6 2 0 14 4 18 39
2 Phoenix Rising 16 10 4 2 42 14 9 6 3 0 28 8 7 4 1 2 14 6 28 34
3 Indy Eleven 15 10 4 1 24 8 9 5 4 0 9 2 6 5 0 1 15 6 16 34
4 Fresno FC 17 8 7 2 30 17 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 4 4 1 16 9 13 31
5 New York RB II 17 9 4 4 33 20 11 7 2 2 26 11 6 2 2 2 7 9 13 31
6 Reno 1868 17 9 4 4 36 23 9 6 2 1 23 12 8 3 2 3 13 11 13 31
7 Nashville 18 8 5 5 31 19 7 3 2 2 13 7 11 5 3 3 18 12 12 29
8 Louisville City 17 8 5 4 26 18 10 6 2 2 16 10 7 2 3 2 10 8 8 29
9 North Carolina 16 7 7 2 24 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 9 4 3 2 14 9 11 28
10 Ottawa Fury 17 7 7 3 27 19 8 5 2 1 14 8 9 2 5 2 13 11 8 28
11 El Paso Locomotive 18 7 7 4 22 17 9 4 2 3 14 11 9 3 5 1 8 6 5 28
12 Portland Timbers II 17 7 6 4 35 28 9 3 4 2 14 12 8 4 2 2 21 16 7 27
13 New Mexico United 18 6 8 4 33 29 7 3 3 1 15 10 11 3 5 3 18 19 4 26
14 Austin Bold 18 7 5 6 23 21 9 5 3 1 16 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 2 26
15 OKC Energy 19 6 8 5 25 27 10 4 4 2 12 12 9 2 4 3 13 15 -2 26
16 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 16 6 7 3 28 17 8 4 4 0 15 6 8 2 3 3 13 11 11 25
17 Real Monarchs 15 7 2 6 31 28 8 5 1 2 21 14 7 2 1 4 10 14 3 23
18 Charleston Battery 17 5 8 4 23 22 10 4 6 0 16 9 7 1 2 4 7 13 1 23
19 Las Vegas Lights 18 6 5 7 27 27 10 5 4 1 21 7 8 1 1 6 6 20 0 23
20 LA Galaxy II 19 5 8 6 29 39 10 3 5 2 18 20 9 2 3 4 11 19 -10 23
21 Sacramento Republic 15 7 1 7 23 19 7 4 1 2 14 7 8 3 0 5 9 12 4 22
22 Orange County 17 5 6 6 25 27 9 4 2 3 18 15 8 1 4 3 7 12 -2 21
23 Rio Grande Valley 17 5 5 7 29 32 9 4 3 2 15 9 8 1 2 5 14 23 -3 20
24 Charlotte Independence 19 4 8 7 21 28 9 4 1 4 15 16 10 0 7 3 6 12 -7 20
25 San Antonio 17 5 4 8 22 24 9 5 3 1 15 7 8 0 1 7 7 17 -2 19
26 Bethlehem Steel 18 5 4 9 26 34 11 2 3 6 13 21 7 3 1 3 13 13 -8 19
27 Saint Louis FC 14 4 6 4 17 16 6 2 3 1 11 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 1 18
28 Tulsa Roughnecks 17 4 5 8 25 37 7 3 1 3 12 10 10 1 4 5 13 27 -12 17
29 Loudoun United 14 4 4 6 20 22 4 1 1 2 7 8 10 3 3 4 13 14 -2 16
30 Memphis 901 16 3 5 8 16 22 7 1 2 4 7 10 9 2 3 4 9 12 -6 14
31 Colorado Springs 18 4 2 12 16 33 9 3 0 6 8 12 9 1 2 6 8 21 -17 14
32 Atlanta United II 16 3 4 9 14 29 8 2 0 6 6 18 8 1 4 3 8 11 -15 13
33 Birmingham Legion 17 3 4 10 14 36 8 1 2 5 3 11 9 2 2 5 11 25 -22 13
34 Swope Park Rangers 17 2 6 9 21 36 10 2 4 4 17 21 7 0 2 5 4 15 -15 12
35 Hartford Athletic 18 2 4 12 17 41 7 1 3 3 8 12 11 1 1 9 9 29 -24 10
36 Seattle Sounders II 17 1 5 11 13 44 7 1 2 4 9 16 10 0 3 7 4 28 -31 8

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