USL Championship duel: Close contest expected between Miami FC II and El Paso Locomotive

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium (20000 seats)

A cursory look at the USL Championship table imply an advantage to El Paso Locomotive when they go to Miami FC II. Even so; let's play the match before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Miami FC II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • El Paso Locomotive have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Miami FC II and El Paso Locomotive 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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Miami FC II form and stats

2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Miami FC II so far this season.

Happy days for Miami FC II in their previous game, a fixture away at Loudoun United (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting San Antonio.

The Miami FC II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Miami have conceded 10 goals.

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El Paso Locomotive form and stats

El Paso Locomotive's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed El Paso Locomotive collect 17 points from their 7 away matches in the USL Championship. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

El Paso Locomotive are travelling again after losing away to Rio Grande Valley in their previous match (2-5). As you can tell from the result, the match against Rio Grande Valley was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 1-3 loss hosting Oakland Roots before that.

El Paso Locomotive have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. Locomotive have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

El Paso LocomotiveL. Solignac
L. Solignac
9 goals
Miami FC IIK. Murphy
K. Murphy
5 goals
Miami FC IIC. Sorto
C. Sorto
4 goals

Miami FC II missing players

El Paso Locomotive missing players

Miami FC II El Paso Locomotive
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 1 9 21
5 3 0 Won W 0 5 9
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 5
9 3 0 Lost L 0 1 7
24 15 2 Scored S 2 17 29
31 12 2 Conceded C 2 13 28
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
68% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
41% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 57%
27% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 29%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 10%
59% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
36% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 14%
 
3.6 4.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 4.7
5.2 5.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.9 4.3
2.1 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.9 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 10.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.4 13.4
3.9 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.6 4.7
28% 31% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 41% 30%
 
13.2 11.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 11.4 11.3
4.4 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4 4.5
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • El Paso Locomotive have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • El Paso Locomotive have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Miami FC II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 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

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.