Oakland Roots and Detroit City have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. Both reside in mid-table positions in the USL Championship.
- Oakland Roots have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in USL Championship
- Detroit City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Oakland Roots saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the USL Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Las Vegas Lights, was also a home game here at Ningineer Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Oakland Roots form and stats
When playing at home in the USL Championship, Oakland Roots have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Oakland Roots's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Las Vegas Lights (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Manager Delgado felt very clever after Paba scored the winning goal against Las Vegas Lights, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
In the game before, an away victory match versus El Paso Locomotive with a 3-1 scoreline.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Oakland Roots matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).
The Oakland fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Defensively Oakland Roots have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Detroit City form and stats
Detroit City have only collected 9 points from their away games in the USL Championship, after 2-3-4 (9 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Detroit City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Detroit have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nathan Steinwascher. It's been 219 minutes since they last conceded in USL Championship.
Detroit City had fun at their own home (Ningineer Stadium) last time out, beating Monterey Bay 1-0.
Before that, Detroit City secured a home win against Louisville City with the score 2-0.Lacking goals? 17 of this side's latest 20 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Detroit as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Detroit City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior three meetings): Oakland Roots won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Detroit City have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodriguez 8 goals |  D. Formella 6 goals |  L. Mfeka 4 goals |
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| Oakland Roots | Detroit City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 29 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 22 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 76% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 42% | 36% |
| 48% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 48% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 38% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11.8 | 10.9 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 30% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 24% |
| 11.5 | 10.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14 | 13.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- Detroit City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oakland Roots have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the most clean sheets (6) at home in USL Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | El Paso Locomotive | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Sacramento Republic | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | San Antonio | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Monterey Bay | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | San Diego Loyal | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Oakland Roots | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Colorado Springs | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Phoenix Rising | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Orange County | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Rio Grande Valley | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | New Mexico United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Las Vegas Lights | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 9 |
