USL Championship match preview: Orange County versus El Paso Locomotive

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sun 15.September
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Championship Soccer Stadium at OC Great Park (6000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the USL Championship table so far. Here's the Orange County - El Paso Locomotive latest:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's quite the trip for El Paso Locomotive when visiting Orange County as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Orange County form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, Orange County have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Orange County has won four games in a row. The Seattle Sounders II match was the last time out without a victory. Orange County has recorded two wins in a row here at Championship Soccer Stadium at OC Great Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Happy days for Orange County in their previous game, a USL Championship match away at Portland Timbers II (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus New Mexico United with a 2-0 scoreline.

Orange County can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 28 times. On the other hand, Orange County have conceded 17 goals.

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El Paso Locomotive form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of El Paso Locomotive playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.

El Paso Locomotive play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Las Vegas Lights (placed 25th). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Tulsa Roughnecks.

The attacking power of El Paso Locomotive when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on El Paso Locomotive as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: El Paso Locomotive - Orange County 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Orange County 0 wins, 0 draws and El Paso Locomotive 1 victory. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Jones
1 goals

Orange County missing players

El Paso Locomotive missing players

Orange County El Paso Locomotive
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
27 14 6 Played 5 13 26
10 7 1 Won 0 4 9
9 4 3 Drew 4 5 9
8 3 2 Lost 1 4 8
44 28 6 Scored 2 12 31
37 17 7 Conceded 5 12 28
89% 86% 67% Over 0.5 60% 77% 85%
85% 86% 67% Over 1.5 60% 69% 73%
67% 71% 50% Over 2.5 20% 38% 46%
37% 43% 33% Over 3.5 0% 0% 23%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 57% 50% BTTS 40% 31% 38%
26% 36% 33% Clean Sheets 40% 46% 42%
26% 21% 50% Failed To Score 60% 46% 35%
 
3.5 4.4 4.8 Corners For (avg) 3 4.8 5.5
4.1 3.6 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 3.8 4.5 3.8
2.5 2.2 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 2.5 1.9
4 3 1 Red Cards 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Orange County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orange County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as El Paso Locomotive have scored away.
  • Orange County have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Orange County
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
10-08-19 USL Seattle Sounders II 2 - 1 Orange County
18-08-19 USL Orange County 3 - 0 Las Vegas Lights
25-08-19 USL Orange County 3 - 1 Real Monarchs
01-09-19 USL New Mexico United 0 - 2 Orange County
08-09-19 USL Portland Timbers II 1 - 2 Orange County
15-09-19 USL Orange County 02:00 El Paso Locomotive
22-09-19 USL Tulsa Roughnecks - Orange County
29-09-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Orange County
06-10-19 USL Orange County 01:00 OKC Energy
10-10-19 USL Real Monarchs - Orange County
El Paso Locomotive
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
11-08-19 USL Phoenix Rising 2 - 1 El Paso Locomotive
18-08-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 2 - 0 Seattle Sounders II
25-08-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 1 - 0 El Paso Locomotive
05-09-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 2 - 2 Tulsa Roughnecks
08-09-19 USL Las Vegas Lights 0 - 3 El Paso Locomotive
15-09-19 USL Orange County 02:00 El Paso Locomotive
22-09-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 01:30 Colorado Springs
29-09-19 USL Sacramento Republic 02:30 El Paso Locomotive
03-10-19 USL El Paso Locomotive - Fresno FC
06-10-19 USL Reno 1868 - El Paso Locomotive

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Phoenix Rising 26 20 4 2 69 22 14 11 3 0 43 12 12 9 1 2 26 10 47 64
2 New York RB II 27 16 5 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 39 14 12 6 3 3 25 18 32 53
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 27 15 7 5 50 23 14 7 4 3 25 11 13 8 3 2 25 12 27 52
4 Nashville 28 15 6 7 49 25 12 6 3 3 22 10 16 9 3 4 27 15 24 51
5 Indy Eleven 24 15 5 4 36 17 13 9 4 0 17 4 11 6 1 4 19 13 19 50
6 Fresno FC 26 14 8 4 45 28 13 8 4 1 23 13 13 6 4 3 22 15 17 50
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 26 13 9 4 48 28 14 8 6 0 25 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 20 48
8 North Carolina 27 12 8 7 46 30 13 7 5 1 30 13 14 5 3 6 16 17 16 44
9 Louisville City 26 12 8 6 37 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 12 4 5 3 14 13 11 44
10 Reno 1868 26 13 4 9 54 45 13 7 2 4 31 22 13 6 2 5 23 23 9 43
11 Austin Bold 27 11 7 9 41 40 14 9 3 2 29 15 13 2 4 7 12 25 1 40
12 Ottawa Fury 26 10 9 7 39 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 5 5 18 18 7 39
13 LA Galaxy II 27 10 9 8 46 50 14 5 5 4 25 26 13 5 4 4 21 24 -4 39
14 Orange County 26 10 8 8 42 35 14 7 4 3 28 17 12 3 4 5 14 18 7 38
15 New Mexico United 27 9 10 8 48 47 11 4 5 2 22 16 16 5 5 6 26 31 1 37
16 OKC Energy 28 9 10 9 42 43 15 5 5 5 21 23 13 4 5 4 21 20 -1 37
17 Sacramento Republic 25 11 3 11 37 28 12 7 2 3 23 9 13 4 1 8 14 19 9 36
18 Real Monarchs 25 10 6 9 49 43 13 8 3 2 35 19 12 2 3 7 14 24 6 36
19 El Paso Locomotive 26 9 9 8 31 28 13 5 4 4 19 16 13 4 5 4 12 12 3 36
20 Birmingham Legion 26 10 6 10 31 39 12 5 2 5 10 11 14 5 4 5 21 28 -8 36
21 Portland Timbers II 26 9 7 10 48 45 13 4 4 5 21 22 13 5 3 5 27 23 3 34
22 Charleston Battery 25 8 10 7 32 35 13 5 6 2 18 16 12 3 4 5 14 19 -3 34
23 San Antonio 26 9 6 11 42 38 13 7 4 2 27 13 13 2 2 9 15 25 4 33
24 Saint Louis FC 25 8 8 9 30 31 12 6 5 1 20 12 13 2 3 8 10 19 -1 32
25 Las Vegas Lights 27 8 8 11 35 43 13 7 4 2 24 11 14 1 4 9 11 32 -8 32
26 Rio Grande Valley 26 7 7 12 39 47 14 6 3 5 19 14 12 1 4 7 20 33 -8 28
27 Bethlehem Steel 26 7 6 13 37 50 15 3 3 9 20 31 11 4 3 4 17 19 -13 27
28 Charlotte Independence 28 5 11 12 31 45 14 5 2 7 19 24 14 0 9 5 12 21 -14 26
29 Tulsa Roughnecks 27 6 8 13 35 56 11 4 2 5 16 16 16 2 6 8 19 40 -21 26
30 Memphis 901 26 6 7 13 27 41 12 3 3 6 16 18 14 3 4 7 11 23 -14 25
31 Loudoun United 25 6 6 13 36 46 10 3 3 4 20 17 15 3 3 9 16 29 -10 24
32 Colorado Springs 28 6 5 17 25 53 15 5 3 7 16 21 13 1 2 10 9 32 -28 23
33 Atlanta United II 27 6 5 16 32 67 14 5 1 8 18 32 13 1 4 8 14 35 -35 23
34 Hartford Athletic 28 6 4 18 40 68 13 4 3 6 23 28 15 2 1 12 17 40 -28 22
35 Seattle Sounders II 25 4 5 16 26 63 12 4 2 6 22 25 13 0 3 10 4 38 -37 17
36 Swope Park Rangers 25 3 6 16 31 61 13 3 4 6 22 31 12 0 2 10 9 30 -30 15

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