Miami FC II vs San Diego Loyal betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium (20000 seats)

This should be an entertaining game as Miami FC II have their supposed home advantage, while San Diego Loyal lead them by 9 points in the USL Championship table.

Insights:
  • Miami FC II have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal have the the best goal difference (+5) in USL Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Miami FC II and San Diego Loyal.

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Miami FC II form and stats

Miami FC II have collected 9 points from their USL Championship home games so far after 2-3-2.

The Miami crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to San Diego Loyal here at Riccardo Silva Stadium.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Louisville City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Miami FC II perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Miami FC II as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Miami FC II has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.

Miami FC II have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Riccardo Silva Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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San Diego Loyal form and stats

As the visiting team matches, San Diego Loyal, who have the the best goal difference (+5) in USL Championship, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. San Diego Loyal love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Diego play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Miami FC II (placed 8th). Collier came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Miami FC II last time out, making the manager Miller feel like a tactical genius.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Rio Grande Valley.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by San Diego Loyal in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for San Diego Loyal, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

Diego has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by San Diego Loyal in these games.

Head 2 Head

Miami - San Diego Loyal 2-3 was the product when these two contenders previously played each other, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

San Diego LoyalE. Conway
E. Conway
4 goals
Miami FC IIK. Murphy
K. Murphy
3 goals
Miami FC IIP. Craig
P. Craig
2 goals

Miami FC II missing players

San Diego Loyal missing players

Miami FC II San Diego Loyal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 7 1 Played P 0 5 11
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 2
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
13 11 3 Scored S 0 8 18
14 8 1 Conceded C 0 7 13
82% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 73%
36% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 64%
36% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
18% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
64% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 64%
18% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
36% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
3.3 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.6 4.7
5.3 5.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 4.1
2.4 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.9 10.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.4 11.3
3.7 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 4
32% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 47% 41%
 
11.8 11.3 16 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.8 13.3
3.9 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.2
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 (9) in USL Championship
  • Miami FC II have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • San Diego Loyal have the the best goal difference (+5) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal 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 11 6 3 2 15 15 7 3 2 2 9 12 4 3 1 0 6 3 0 21
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 11 4 5 2 16 11 4 3 1 0 9 3 7 1 4 2 7 8 5 17
3 Louisville City 9 5 2 2 10 11 4 3 0 1 5 4 5 2 2 1 5 7 -1 17
4 Birmingham Legion 12 5 1 6 17 22 6 2 1 3 10 13 6 3 0 3 7 9 -5 16
5 Memphis 901 9 4 3 2 15 12 5 1 2 2 7 10 4 3 1 0 8 2 3 15
6 Tampa Bay Rowdies 10 4 2 4 13 11 6 3 1 2 11 6 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 14
7 Indy Eleven 10 3 3 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 2 1 2 5 6 -4 12
8 Miami FC II 11 2 5 4 13 14 7 2 3 2 11 8 4 0 2 2 2 6 -1 11
9 Loudoun United 11 3 1 7 12 17 6 2 1 3 8 7 5 1 0 4 4 10 -5 10
10 Tulsa Roughnecks 11 1 6 4 14 15 6 1 3 2 8 7 5 0 3 2 6 8 -1 9
11 Hartford Athletic 10 2 2 6 14 20 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 1 1 4 11 16 -6 8
12 Detroit City 11 2 2 7 6 13 5 1 1 3 2 4 6 1 1 4 4 9 -7 8

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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.