Soccer betting preview: Miami FC II welcomes Phoenix Rising in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 08.Jul
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: FIU Soccer Stadium

Here's everything you should know, and even more, before the Miami FC II - Phoenix Rising fixture!

Insights:
  • Miami FC II have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This could be an intriguing game with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Miami FC II form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, Miami FC II have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Miami FC II to get some points in this home game.

Sorto was the last player to score a league goal for Miami FC II and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Miami haven't scored in 212 minutes.

Miami FC II are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Colorado Springs.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Monterey Bay.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Miami FC II have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Miami are traveling soon after this match as the USL Championship match at Tulsa Roughnecks awaits in four days.

Miami FC II has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Miami FC II have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.

Phoenix had fun at their own home (FIU Soccer Stadium) last time out, beating Memphis 901 6-0. Rubianes, Gallardo, Munjoma, Cesneros, Rio and Varela scored. As mentioned above, Phoenix Rising was the only team on the pitch versus Memphis 901 in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. Which player has scored five games in a row for the away team? The answer is Rubianes and that is quite the accomplishment!

A 1-1 draw at Oakland Roots's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Phoenix Rising in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Phoenix Rising, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

As opposed to that, Phoenix Rising have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Phoenix RisingM. Arteaga Rubianes
M. Arteaga Rubianes
10 goals
Phoenix RisingD. Trejo Del Rio
D. Trejo Del Rio
6 goals
MiamiK. Murphy
K. Murphy
4 goals

Miami FC II missing players

Phoenix Rising missing players

Miami FC II Phoenix Rising
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 0 9 17
2 2 1 Won W 0 3 6
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
8 3 0 Lost L 0 3 4
18 12 3 Scored S 0 9 28
27 10 1 Conceded C 0 11 21
82% 78% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 82%
41% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 53%
35% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 41%
24% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 65%
18% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 12%
41% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 24%
 
3.8 4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 4.7
4.7 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.9 4
2.3 2.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.5 10.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.4 12.3
3.6 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 4.2
30% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 39%
 
12.4 10.8 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.1 11.8
4.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.4 4.5
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Miami FC II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Miami FC II have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Phoenix Rising haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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.