Struggling Oakland Roots will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Phoenix Rising in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (7) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (35) in USL Championship
It's no vacation for neither Oakland Roots nor Phoenix Rising 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.
Oakland Roots form and stats
Oakland Roots have played three USL Championship home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Oakland to get some points in this home game.
Oakland Roots are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 246 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by T. Weir).
Oakland's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Orange County (placed 2nd).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting LA Galaxy II (0-3).There will be little rest for Oakland Roots after this match as they are travelling to Tacoma Defiance for a USL Championship game in only four days.
Oakland has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 3 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Oakland Roots defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Phoenix Rising form and stats
Playing away, Phoenix Rising, who have the most scored goals (35) in USL Championship, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the USL Championship this season.
Phoenix had fun at their own home (Laney College Football Field) last time out, beating Rio Grande Valley 3-1. R. Dadaşov, D. King and A. Quinn scored.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at San Diego Loyal.Phoenix Rising has another fixture away, a USL Championship game, against Las Vegas Lights in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Phoenix find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Phoenix have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Phoenix Rising - Oakland 3-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  S. Asante Wiafe 8 goals |  S. Moar 8 goals | D. Egbo 4 goals |
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| Oakland Roots | Phoenix Rising | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 35 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 79% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.9 | 8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.6 | 7.4 |
| 5.6 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 3.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.4 | 14.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 39% |
- Oakland Roots have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Oakland Roots have the fewest points (1) at home in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (7) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Oakland Roots have yet to win a game at home.
- Oakland Roots is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Phoenix Rising have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Phoenix Rising have scored in all their matches so far.
- Phoenix Rising have scored more than double the goals of Oakland Roots.
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (35) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the the best goal difference (+24) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Phoenix Rising haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Phoenix Rising is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Phoenix Rising | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 32 |
| 2 | Orange County | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | San Diego Loyal | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 4 | Tacoma Defiance | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy II | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | Sacramento Republic | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Lights | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 16 |
| 8 | Oakland Roots | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 6 |