USL Championship preview: Can Oakland Roots edge out victory against Phoenix Rising?

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 25.Jun
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ningineer Stadium (20919 seats)

Data, recent trends, game results, form details, H2H stats, team selections and a lot more: Tipsway offers all you must know about Oakland Roots - Phoenix Rising!

Insights:
  • Oakland Roots have the most clean sheets (7) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.

The visiting Phoenix Rising played their last game only three days ago, a USL Championship match. That game, against New Mexico United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Phoenix Rising.

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Oakland Roots form and stats

The complete USL Championship results at home this season for Oakland Roots are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Oakland Roots, who played 0-0 against Pittsburgh Riverhounds. That match was also played at this venue (Ningineer Stadium).

2-2 away at Phoenix Rising before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oakland Roots handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Oakland Roots, as the USL Championship home game vs Rio Grande Valley is only four days away.

Oakland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. 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.

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their USL Championship travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Phoenix Rising, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus New Mexico United (placed 11th) last time out. That win felt good as this side had gone four league rounds without winning. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Rubianes and that is quite the feat!

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Louisville City.

Phoenix are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

10 goals have been conceded by Phoenix Rising in these games.

Head 2 Head

Phoenix Rising - Oakland 2-2 was the story when these two contenders previously played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Oakland Roots two wins, two draws and Phoenix Rising three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Phoenix RisingM. Arteaga Rubianes
M. Arteaga Rubianes
8 goals
Oakland RootsJ. Rodriguez
J. Rodriguez
5 goals
Oakland RootsD. Formella
D. Formella
5 goals

Oakland Roots missing players

Phoenix Rising missing players

Oakland Roots Phoenix Rising
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 1 8 15
6 3 1 Won W 0 3 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
20 7 2 Scored S 0 8 21
14 2 0 Conceded C 3 10 20
86% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 53%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 40%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
50% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 7%
21% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 27%
 
5.5 5.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 5
4.4 3.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.4 4.3
2.4 1.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.8 12.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16 9.9 12.1
4.5 3.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.9
32% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 36%
 
10.8 8.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 14.4 11.8
4.6 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.5 4.7
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Oakland Roots have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Oakland Roots have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots have the most clean sheets (5) at home in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots have the most clean sheets (7) 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 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

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.