USL Championship game guide and facts: Loudoun United against Memphis 901

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Wed 02.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Petra Field (5000 seats)

Loudoun United will hope that their home advantage is enough to get something from this back-breaking battle, against spirited Memphis 901.

Insights:
  • Loudoun United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the most scored goals (27) in USL Championship

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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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Loudoun United form and stats

The overall USL Championship statistics at home this season for Loudoun United are 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Loudoun, their manager Martin and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Loudoun United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Miami FC II here at Petra Field.

Preceding that match was the home game against Orange County that was lost 1-3.

Loudoun United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Loudoun United have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Memphis 901 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their USL Championship travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Memphis play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Pittsburgh Riverhounds (placed 2nd). A huge disappointment for Memphis 901 in their last match (vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-4 defeat.

A loss against Orange County was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The USL Championship trip to Indy Eleven.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Memphis 901 are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the match result Memphis 901 - Loudoun United 1-3 written in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior five meetings): Loudoun won two games, one match ended in a draw and Memphis 901 got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

Loudoun UnitedZ. Ryan
Z. Ryan
9 goals
Memphis 901L. Nascimento
L. Nascimento
5 goals
Memphis 901R. Da Costa
R. Da Costa
5 goals

Loudoun United missing players

Memphis 901 missing players

Loudoun United Memphis 901
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 2 Played P 3 9 20
6 4 0 Won W 2 4 8
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
15 7 2 Lost L 0 2 6
25 17 2 Scored S 5 15 37
41 19 5 Conceded C 2 15 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
83% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 70%
30% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 55%
9% 8% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 25%
57% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 70%
9% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 20%
35% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 15%
 
4.4 5.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.4
4.8 4.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5 4.5
2.5 2.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 2.1
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.4 12.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14 13.2
4.4 5.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.8
25% 27% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 36% 38%
 
12 11.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.6 11.4
4.3 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.4 4.7
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • All of Memphis 901's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Loudoun United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Loudoun United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Memphis 901 have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the most scored goals (27) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the the best goal difference (+13) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have the the best goal difference (+8) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Memphis 901 is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Charleston Battery 16 8 4 4 21 24 9 3 3 3 9 16 7 5 1 1 12 8 -3 28
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 15 7 6 2 20 11 6 5 1 0 12 3 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 27
3 Memphis 901 13 7 4 2 27 14 8 3 3 2 16 11 5 4 1 0 11 3 13 25
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 15 7 4 4 23 16 9 5 2 2 17 10 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 25
5 Birmingham Legion 15 7 1 7 21 24 8 4 1 3 14 14 7 3 0 4 7 10 -3 22
6 Louisville City 14 6 4 4 15 18 6 3 0 3 7 9 8 3 4 1 8 9 -3 22
7 Indy Eleven 14 4 4 6 15 17 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 -2 16
8 Detroit City 15 4 4 7 10 14 6 2 1 3 3 4 9 2 3 4 7 10 -4 16
9 Loudoun United 16 5 1 10 18 26 8 3 1 4 11 9 8 2 0 6 7 17 -8 16
10 Miami FC II 15 2 7 6 18 24 9 2 4 3 12 10 6 0 3 3 6 14 -6 13
11 Tulsa Roughnecks 16 2 7 7 17 26 7 1 3 3 8 10 9 1 4 4 9 16 -9 13
12 Hartford Athletic 15 2 4 9 20 32 8 1 2 5 8 15 7 1 2 4 12 17 -12 10

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The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.