Betting preview: Louisville City the expected winner when Pittsburgh Riverhounds comes to visit

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lynn Family Stadium (14000 seats)

Louisville City are positioned 1st, while Pittsburgh Riverhounds are dragging their feet 15 points behind in the league standings. Will they trim the gap?

Insights:
  • Louisville City have the fewest conceded goals (28) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It should be mentioned that Pittsburgh Riverhounds play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Pittsburgh Riverhounds on grass are 3 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 13 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-21. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's no vacation for neither Louisville City nor Pittsburgh Riverhounds 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.

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Louisville City form and stats

41 points is a decent return from 17 USL Championship games here at Lynn Family Stadium for Louisville City. The data says 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Louisville City drew their last game, also a home match. Pittsburgh Riverhounds (after extra-time) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Late drama in the game against Pittsburgh Riverhounds as Louisville were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Lancaster popped out and made it level in the 85th minute. Lancaster was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Pittsburgh Riverhounds after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Ahead of that match, Louisville City won a home game hosting Hartford Athletic (2-1).

Sports bettors should know that 8 of the most recent 10 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Louisville can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 38 times. From these home matches, Louisville City have conceded only 14 goals.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their USL Championship travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. It's three draws from Pittsburgh Riverhounds's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Louisville City (after extra-time) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Louisville City after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Lilley needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

A 2-2 draw at Birmingham Legion's stadium before that.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 12 league matches.

Riverhounds are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Pittsburgh Riverhounds have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Funnily enough, the last time Pittsburgh Riverhounds kept a "clean sheet" was also against this opponent, eight league matches ago (Riverhounds - Louisville City 0-0). Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Louisville City won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Pittsburgh Riverhounds got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

Louisville CityW. Harris
W. Harris
15 goals
Pittsburgh RiverhoundsR. Cicerone
R. Cicerone
13 goals
Pittsburgh RiverhoundsA. Dikwa Lega
A. Dikwa Lega
11 goals

Louisville City missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

Louisville City Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 4 19 36
22 13 3 Won W 1 7 16
7 3 1 Drew D 1 6 11
6 2 0 Lost L 2 6 9
67 40 9 Scored S 7 29 54
30 16 3 Conceded C 7 27 42
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 75%
49% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 63% 50%
31% 39% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 26% 28%
17% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
49% 61% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 63% 53%
43% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 16% 31%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 22%
 
6.2 7.5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 3.3 4.6
3.3 2.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.5 4.6
2.2 1.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.8 13.4 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.2 9
5.8 6.9 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4.6
34% 34% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 39% 33%
 
6.6 6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 7.5 6.7
3 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.1
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Louisville City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Louisville City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Louisville City have the fewest conceded goals (28) in USL Championship
  • Louisville City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in USL Championship
  • Louisville City have the most points (41) at home in USL Championship
  • Louisville City have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in USL Championship
  • Louisville City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Louisville City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Louisville City 34 22 6 6 65 28 17 13 2 2 38 14 17 9 4 4 27 14 37 72
2 Memphis 901 34 21 5 8 67 33 17 11 1 5 40 22 17 10 4 3 27 11 34 68
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 34 20 7 7 73 33 17 12 3 2 41 13 17 8 4 5 32 20 40 67
4 Birmingham Legion 34 17 7 10 56 37 17 9 4 4 29 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 19 58
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 34 16 9 9 50 38 17 9 5 3 25 15 17 7 4 6 25 23 12 57
6 Miami FC II 34 15 10 9 47 32 17 5 7 5 18 18 17 10 3 4 29 14 15 55
7 Detroit City 34 14 12 8 44 30 17 6 8 3 21 16 17 8 4 5 23 14 14 54
8 Tulsa Roughnecks 34 12 6 16 48 58 17 9 3 5 27 23 17 3 3 11 21 35 -10 42
9 Indy Eleven 34 12 5 17 41 55 17 9 2 6 26 22 17 3 3 11 15 33 -14 41
10 Hartford Athletic 34 10 6 18 47 57 17 7 1 9 28 28 17 3 5 9 19 29 -10 36
11 Loudoun United 34 8 4 22 36 74 17 6 2 9 22 30 17 2 2 13 14 44 -38 28
12 Charleston Battery 34 6 7 21 41 77 17 5 2 10 23 35 17 1 5 11 18 42 -36 25
13 Atlanta United II 34 6 5 23 39 85 17 3 4 10 18 36 17 3 1 13 21 49 -46 23
14 New York RB II 34 3 6 25 24 76 17 2 5 10 14 33 17 1 1 15 10 43 -52 15

Read more about USL Championship

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.