USL Championship match prediction and preview for Las Vegas Lights vs Phoenix Rising clash

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Thu 12.September
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cashman Field

Struggling Las Vegas Lights will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Phoenix Rising in the upcoming league round. It's 25th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Las Vegas Lights form and stats

Las Vegas Lights have collected 25 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 7-4-2.

The Las Vegas Lights fans got no joy from their last match, a USL Championship game also here at Cashman Field: A 0-3 defeat against El Paso Locomotive (placed 19th). A 2-2 draw away before that, with Real Monarchs the opponent.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Las Vegas Lights, as the USL Championship home game vs Fresno FC is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Las Vegas Lights in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Las Vegas Lights are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cashman Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (69) in USL Championship, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the USL Championship. In general it has been a productive period now for Phoenix Rising as they haven't lost any of their last 19 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Orange County game have they lost an away game, meaning Phoenix Rising has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Phoenix Rising are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the USL Championship against San Antonio (placed 23rd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Colorado Springs at their stadium, the result 3-0.

A new game in only three days for Phoenix Rising, the USL Championship home match versus LA Galaxy II. Busy days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Phoenix Rising are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Las Vegas Lights and Phoenix Rising have met before this season: Phoenix Rising - Las Vegas Lights 4-0. Las Vegas Lights-Phoenix Rising H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Las Vegas Lights 1 win, Phoenix Rising 3 wins, 0 draws. 3 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

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V. Rojas
1 goals
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S. Ochoa
1 goals
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J. Sandoval
1 goals

Las Vegas Lights missing players

Phoenix Rising missing players

Las Vegas Lights Phoenix Rising
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
27 13 1 Played 4 13 27
8 7 0 Won 4 9 20
8 4 1 Drew 0 2 5
11 2 0 Lost 0 2 2
35 24 0 Scored 9 29 72
43 11 0 Conceded 2 13 25
85% 85% 0% Over 0.5 100% 92% 93%
70% 62% 0% Over 1.5 50% 69% 78%
63% 54% 0% Over 2.5 50% 62% 74%
37% 31% 0% Over 3.5 25% 38% 52%
19% 23% 0% Over 4.5 25% 38% 37%
48% 38% 0% BTTS 25% 46% 48%
33% 46% 100% Clean Sheets 75% 46% 48%
33% 31% 100% Failed To Score 0% 15% 11%
 
4 3.8 0 Corners For (avg) 5.8 4.4 5.9
5.5 5.4 0 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 5.3 4.2
2.4 1.9 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 2.1 1.5
6 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Las Vegas Lights have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Phoenix Rising have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Phoenix Rising have scored more than double the goals of Las Vegas Lights.
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Las Vegas Lights
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
18-08-19 USL Orange County 3 - 0 Las Vegas Lights
25-08-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 1 - 0 Portland Timbers II
29-08-19 USL Tulsa Roughnecks 1 - 1 Las Vegas Lights
05-09-19 USL Real Monarchs 2 - 2 Las Vegas Lights
08-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 0 - 3 El Paso Locomotive
12-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 Phoenix Rising
15-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 Fresno FC
22-09-19 USL Austin Bold 23:00 Las Vegas Lights
29-09-19 USL Colorado Springs - Las Vegas Lights
06-10-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 San Antonio
Phoenix Rising
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
17-08-19 USL Phoenix Rising 4 - 2 Reno 1868
24-08-19 USL Phoenix Rising 2 - 1 Sacramento Republic
28-08-19 USL Seattle Sounders II 2 - 4 Phoenix Rising
01-09-19 USL Colorado Springs 0 - 3 Phoenix Rising
08-09-19 USL Phoenix Rising 1 - 0 San Antonio
12-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 02:30 Phoenix Rising
15-09-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 LA Galaxy II
22-09-19 USL Fresno FC 02:30 Phoenix Rising
29-09-19 USL New Mexico United 01:30 Phoenix Rising
06-10-19 USL Portland Timbers II 01:00 Phoenix Rising

  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 26 20 4 2 69 22 14 11 3 0 43 12 12 9 1 2 26 10 47 64
2 New York RB II 27 16 5 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 39 14 12 6 3 3 25 18 32 53
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 27 15 7 5 50 23 14 7 4 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 25 12 27 52
4 Nashville 28 15 6 7 49 25 12 6 3 3 22 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 24 51
5 Indy Eleven 24 15 5 4 36 17 13 9 4 0 17 4 11 6 1 4 19 13 19 50
6 Fresno FC 26 14 8 4 45 28 13 8 4 1 23 13 13 6 4 3 22 15 17 50
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 26 13 9 4 48 28 14 8 6 0 25 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 20 48
8 North Carolina 27 12 8 7 46 30 13 7 5 1 30 13 14 5 3 6 16 17 16 44
9 Louisville City 26 12 8 6 37 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 12 4 5 3 14 13 11 44
10 Reno 1868 26 13 4 9 54 45 13 7 2 4 31 22 13 6 2 5 23 23 9 43
11 Austin Bold 27 11 7 9 41 40 14 9 3 2 29 15 13 2 4 7 12 25 1 40
12 Ottawa Fury 26 10 9 7 39 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 5 5 18 18 7 39
13 LA Galaxy II 27 10 9 8 46 50 14 5 5 4 25 26 13 5 4 4 21 24 -4 39
14 Orange County 26 10 8 8 42 35 14 7 4 3 28 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 7 38
15 New Mexico United 27 9 10 8 48 47 11 4 5 2 22 16 16 5 5 6 26 31 1 37
16 OKC Energy 28 9 10 9 42 43 15 5 5 5 21 23 13 4 5 4 21 20 -1 37
17 Sacramento Republic 25 11 3 11 37 28 12 7 2 3 23 9 13 4 1 8 14 19 9 36
18 Real Monarchs 25 10 6 9 49 43 13 8 3 2 35 19 12 2 3 7 14 24 6 36
19 El Paso Locomotive 26 9 9 8 31 28 13 5 4 4 19 16 13 4 5 4 12 12 3 36
20 Birmingham Legion 26 10 6 10 31 39 12 5 2 5 10 11 14 5 4 5 21 28 -8 36
21 Portland Timbers II 26 9 7 10 48 45 13 4 4 5 21 22 13 5 3 5 27 23 3 34
22 Charleston Battery 25 8 10 7 32 35 13 5 6 2 18 16 12 3 4 5 14 19 -3 34
23 San Antonio 26 9 6 11 42 38 13 7 4 2 27 13 13 2 2 9 15 25 4 33
24 Saint Louis FC 25 8 8 9 30 31 12 6 5 1 20 12 13 2 3 8 10 19 -1 32
25 Las Vegas Lights 27 8 8 11 35 43 13 7 4 2 24 11 14 1 4 9 11 32 -8 32
26 Rio Grande Valley 26 7 7 12 39 47 14 6 3 5 19 14 12 1 4 7 20 33 -8 28
27 Bethlehem Steel 26 7 6 13 37 50 15 3 3 9 20 31 11 4 3 4 17 19 -13 27
28 Charlotte Independence 28 5 11 12 31 45 14 5 2 7 19 24 14 0 9 5 12 21 -14 26
29 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
30 Memphis 901 26 6 7 13 27 41 12 3 3 6 16 18 14 3 4 7 11 23 -14 25
31 Loudoun United 25 6 6 13 36 46 10 3 3 4 20 17 15 3 3 9 16 29 -10 24
32 Colorado Springs 28 6 5 17 25 53 15 5 3 7 16 21 13 1 2 10 9 32 -28 23
33 Atlanta United II 27 6 5 16 32 67 14 5 1 8 18 32 13 1 4 8 14 35 -35 23
34 Hartford Athletic 28 6 4 18 40 68 13 4 3 6 23 28 15 2 1 12 17 40 -28 22
35 Seattle Sounders II 25 4 5 16 26 63 12 4 2 6 22 25 13 0 3 10 4 38 -37 17
36 Swope Park Rangers 25 3 6 16 31 61 13 3 4 6 22 31 12 0 2 10 9 30 -30 15

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