El Paso Locomotive welcomes Portland Timbers II as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Southwest University Park (10000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the USL Championship table so far. Here's the El Paso Locomotive - Portland Timbers II latest:

El Paso Locomotive have less rest than Portland Timbers II in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only three days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Portland Timbers II have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-5-13 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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El Paso Locomotive form and stats

4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for El Paso Locomotive so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager M. Lowry led his El Paso Locomotive to a defeat in the USL Championship match away at New Mexico United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Southwest University Park. Before that, El Paso Locomotive drew at home versus Real Monarchs.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from El Paso Locomotive's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 0 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

El Paso Locomotive has scored 15 goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, El Paso Locomotive have conceded 14 goals.

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Portland Timbers II form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Portland Timbers II's last three away games as they have all been lost. Three has not been a lucky number for Portland Timbers II as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Tulsa Roughnecks match.

The manager C. Knowles was unhappy after their last game, a USL Championship match played at their home ground Southwest University Park. Portland Timbers II suffered a 1-2 loss to LA Galaxy II. A 1-2 defeat away at Fresno FC before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Portland Timbers II when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portland Timbers II manager C. Knowles as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Colorado Springs.

With an average of more than two away goals per game, Portland Timbers II are regular goalscorers on their travels. Portland Timbers II have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Portland Timbers II - El Paso Locomotive 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): El Paso Locomotive won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Portland Timbers II has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 1

Top Goalscorers

B. Hurtado
5 goals

El Paso Locomotive missing players

Portland Timbers II missing players

El Paso Locomotive Portland Timbers II
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
21 11 7 Played 6 11 21
7 4 3 Won 3 4 7
8 3 1 Drew 1 3 7
6 4 3 Lost 2 4 7
23 15 10 Scored 12 23 38
23 14 8 Conceded 9 20 34
81% 91% 86% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 73% 71% Over 1.5 83% 91% 90%
43% 55% 57% Over 2.5 67% 73% 71%
24% 45% 43% Over 3.5 67% 64% 48%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 33% 45% 24%
38% 45% 43% BTTS 67% 82% 86%
43% 36% 43% Clean Sheets 17% 9% 10%
38% 27% 29% Failed To Score 17% 9% 5%
 
5.2 6 7.3 Corners For (avg) 4.6 4 5.3
3.1 2.4 2.3 Corners Against (avg) 6.4 6.3 5.5
1.9 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.3 2
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • El Paso Locomotive have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • El Paso Locomotive have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Portland Timbers II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portland Timbers II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Portland Timbers II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

El Paso Locomotive
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
30-06-19 USL Fresno FC 3 - 0 El Paso Locomotive
07-07-19 USL OKC Energy 1 - 1 El Paso Locomotive
18-07-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 1 - 3 San Antonio
21-07-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 0 - 0 Real Monarchs
01-08-19 USL New Mexico United 3 - 0 El Paso Locomotive
04-08-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 01:30 Portland Timbers II
11-08-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 El Paso Locomotive
18-08-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 01:30 Seattle Sounders II
25-08-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 El Paso Locomotive
05-09-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 01:00 Tulsa Roughnecks
Portland Timbers II
All USL Championship
All Home Away
30-06-19 USL Phoenix Rising 4 - 2 Portland Timbers II
07-07-19 USL Portland Timbers II 1 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks
14-07-19 USL Sacramento Republic 1 - 0 Portland Timbers II
21-07-19 USL Fresno FC 2 - 1 Portland Timbers II
29-07-19 USL Portland Timbers II 1 - 2 LA Galaxy II
04-08-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 01:30 Portland Timbers II
08-08-19 USL Colorado Springs 01:00 Portland Timbers II
12-08-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:30 New Mexico United
17-08-19 USL Portland Timbers II 02:30 OKC Energy
25-08-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 Portland Timbers II

  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 Phoenix Rising 20 14 4 2 53 16 10 7 3 0 34 8 10 7 1 2 19 8 37 46
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 22 13 7 2 39 15 11 6 4 1 19 8 11 7 3 1 20 7 24 46
3 New York RB II 22 13 5 4 51 26 14 10 2 2 38 12 8 3 3 2 13 14 25 44
4 Reno 1868 22 13 4 5 48 31 10 7 2 1 27 12 12 6 2 4 21 19 17 43
5 Indy Eleven 19 12 4 3 29 13 10 6 4 0 11 2 9 6 0 3 18 11 16 40
6 Fresno FC 21 11 7 3 36 21 11 7 3 1 20 11 10 4 4 2 16 10 15 40
7 Nashville 21 11 5 5 37 19 8 4 2 2 15 7 13 7 3 3 22 12 18 38
8 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 20 9 8 3 38 20 11 6 5 0 21 7 9 3 3 3 17 13 18 35
9 North Carolina 21 9 7 5 32 19 10 5 4 1 18 8 11 4 3 4 14 11 13 34
10 Ottawa Fury 21 8 9 4 32 22 11 6 4 1 19 9 10 2 5 3 13 13 10 33
11 Louisville City 21 9 6 6 28 23 11 6 2 3 16 11 10 3 4 3 12 12 5 33
12 New Mexico United 21 8 8 5 39 32 8 4 3 1 18 10 13 4 5 4 21 22 7 32
13 Austin Bold 21 9 5 7 27 29 11 7 3 1 20 11 10 2 2 6 7 18 -2 32
14 Real Monarchs 19 9 3 7 38 31 10 7 1 2 27 14 9 2 2 5 11 17 7 30
15 OKC Energy 23 7 9 7 30 32 12 4 5 3 15 16 11 3 4 4 15 16 -2 30
16 Sacramento Republic 20 9 2 9 29 25 9 5 1 3 16 9 11 4 1 6 13 16 4 29
17 El Paso Locomotive 21 7 8 6 23 23 11 4 3 4 15 14 10 3 5 2 8 9 0 29
18 LA Galaxy II 23 7 8 8 37 46 12 3 5 4 21 25 11 4 3 4 16 21 -9 29
19 Portland Timbers II 20 7 6 7 37 33 10 3 4 3 15 14 10 4 2 4 22 19 4 27
20 San Antonio 21 7 5 9 30 29 11 6 3 2 20 11 10 1 2 7 10 18 1 26
21 Orange County 21 6 8 7 31 31 12 5 4 3 22 16 9 1 4 4 9 15 0 26
22 Charleston Battery 19 6 8 5 26 29 11 4 6 1 16 14 8 2 2 4 10 15 -3 26
23 Las Vegas Lights 21 7 5 9 31 34 11 6 4 1 23 8 10 1 1 8 8 26 -3 26
24 Charlotte Independence 23 5 9 9 25 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 12 0 8 4 8 15 -8 24
25 Rio Grande Valley 21 6 5 10 33 38 12 5 3 4 18 13 9 1 2 6 15 25 -5 23
26 Birmingham Legion 21 6 5 10 20 36 11 4 2 5 9 11 10 2 3 5 11 25 -16 23
27 Bethlehem Steel 22 6 4 12 30 44 13 2 3 8 16 28 9 4 1 4 14 16 -14 22
28 Saint Louis FC 18 5 6 7 22 24 7 3 3 1 14 9 11 2 3 6 8 15 -2 21
29 Colorado Springs 22 6 2 14 18 38 11 5 0 6 10 12 11 1 2 8 8 26 -20 20
30 Loudoun United 18 5 4 9 25 31 5 2 1 2 10 8 13 3 3 7 15 23 -6 19
31 Memphis 901 20 4 6 10 20 30 10 2 3 5 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 16 -10 18
32 Tulsa Roughnecks 21 4 6 11 27 43 9 3 1 5 13 14 12 1 5 6 14 29 -16 18
33 Atlanta United II 21 4 5 12 23 49 10 3 1 6 12 22 11 1 4 6 11 27 -26 17
34 Hartford Athletic 23 4 4 15 29 53 10 2 3 5 14 20 13 2 1 10 15 33 -24 16
35 Swope Park Rangers 20 3 6 11 25 45 12 3 4 5 21 26 8 0 2 6 4 19 -20 15
36 Seattle Sounders II 20 2 5 13 17 52 9 2 2 5 13 19 11 0 3 8 4 33 -35 11

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