Louisville City vs Bethlehem Steel: Match guide and preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Louisville Slugger Field

The league table in USL Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Louisville City leading Bethlehem Steel by 11 points. Match preview to follow:

Louisville City and Bethlehem Steel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Louisville City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Louisville Slugger Field as Louisville City have scored 16 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Louisville Slugger Field after sharing the points with Ottawa Fury on their last time out; the USL Championship game ended 1-1. Before that, Louisville City had a home game versus Nashville which ended with a victory 2-1.

A decent goal production from Louisville City in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 matches. Louisville City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bethlehem Steel form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Bethlehem Steel playing as the away team this season.

The manager B. Burke was unhappy after their last game, a USL Championship match played at their home ground Louisville Slugger Field. Bethlehem Steel suffered a 3-4 loss to New York RB II. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pittsburgh Riverhounds wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Bethlehem Steel are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bethlehem Steel have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bethlehem Steel - Louisville City 2-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Louisville City 5 wins, 4 draws and Bethlehem Steel 0 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Moumbagna
6 goals
J. Chambers
3 goals / 2 assists
M. Ngalina
3 goals / 1 assists

Louisville City missing players

Bethlehem Steel missing players

Louisville City Bethlehem Steel
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
19 10 5 Played 1 7 19
8 6 3 Won 0 3 5
6 2 1 Drew 0 1 4
5 2 1 Lost 1 3 10
28 16 8 Scored 0 13 29
23 10 6 Conceded 4 13 38
95% 90% 80% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 70% 80% Over 1.5 100% 86% 84%
53% 60% 80% Over 2.5 100% 71% 74%
26% 20% 20% Over 3.5 100% 43% 47%
21% 20% 20% Over 4.5 0% 29% 21%
68% 70% 80% BTTS 0% 43% 58%
21% 20% 20% Clean Sheets 0% 29% 11%
16% 20% 20% Failed To Score 100% 29% 32%
 
5.3 6.1 6.4 Corners For (avg) 0 3.1 3.3
4.6 3.8 4.4 Corners Against (avg) 9 5.4 5.4
1.6 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.1 2.2
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • Bethlehem Steel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Louisville City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Louisville City
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
16-06-19 USL New York RB II 1 - 0 Louisville City
22-06-19 USL Louisville City 1 - 1 Charlotte Independence
29-06-19 USL Indy Eleven 1 - 1 Louisville City
06-07-19 USL Louisville City 2 - 1 Nashville
14-07-19 USL Ottawa Fury 1 - 1 Louisville City
20-07-19 USL Louisville City 23:00 Bethlehem Steel
28-07-19 USL Loudoun United 23:30 Louisville City
03-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Louisville City
11-08-19 USL Louisville City 19:00 Atlanta United II
17-08-19 USL Charleston Battery 23:30 Louisville City
Bethlehem Steel
All Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
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 3 - 4 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
25-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 22:00 Birmingham Legion

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

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