Only victory will satisfy the El Paso Locomotive supporters in this Southwest University Park duel with Austin Bold, having a robust lead on them in the USL Championship standings.
- El Paso Locomotive have the fewest conceded goals (30) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold have the most matches under the total-line (16) in USL Championship
It's no vacation for neither Locomotive nor Austin Bold 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.
El Paso Locomotive form and stats
Home games in the USL Championship have been a walk in the park for El Paso Locomotive so far, with 36 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Locomotive tasted defeat here at Southwest University Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
No payout for Locomotive in their previous match, an away game at LA Galaxy II that ended in defeat 0-5. El Paso Locomotive were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, El Paso Locomotive had a home game versus Colorado Springs which ended with a victory 4-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as OKC Energy are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and El Paso Locomotive are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Locomotive have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Austin Bold form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Austin Bold, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in USL Championship, playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on R. Thompson, the Austin manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Austin lost away at Real Monarchs (3-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can tell from the result, the match against Real Monarchs was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 1-3 defeat away at Birmingham Legion before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The USL Championship trip to San Antonio.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Austin have scored 14 goals in 14 league games away. Austin Bold's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
El Paso Locomotive and Austin Bold have duelled before this season: Austin Bold - Locomotive 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): El Paso Locomotive two wins, one draw and Austin Bold zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Solignac 9 goals | D. Luna 8 goals | J. Gómez Gómez 7 goals |
El Paso Locomotive missing players
Austin Bold missing players
| El Paso Locomotive | Austin Bold | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 48 | 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 38 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 76% | 79% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 66% |
| 52% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 36% | 24% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 10% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 55% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 34% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7.9 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 15.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 25% | 28% |
- Austin Bold have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Austin Bold have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin Bold have the most clean sheets (5) away in USL Championship
- Austin Bold have the most matches under the total-line (16) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- El Paso Locomotive have not yet lost a game at home.
- El Paso Locomotive have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- El Paso Locomotive have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Austin Bold have scored away.
- El Paso Locomotive have scored in all their home matches so far.
- El Paso Locomotive have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the fewest conceded goals (30) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the most clean sheets (11) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the most clean sheets (7) at home in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the most points (36) at home in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the the best goal difference (+18) in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in USL Championship
- El Paso Locomotive have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- El Paso Locomotive have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- El Paso Locomotive haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | El Paso Locomotive | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 58 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | San Antonio | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | New Mexico United | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 40 |
| 5 | Austin Bold | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -7 | 40 |
| 6 | Rio Grande Valley | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 38 |
| 7 | Real Monarchs | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 28 | -24 | 21 |