All the pre-match info you need for the Orange County - Oakland Roots fixture:

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)

Who will go home victorious when Oakland Roots visit Orange County? In this preview you'll find all the relevant news and numbers required to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Orange County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (26) in USL Championship

The visiting Oakland Roots played their last game only three days ago, a USL Championship match.

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Orange County form and stats

Orange County have played 11 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Orange are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Phoenix Rising.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Las Vegas Lights.

Orange County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Orange defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oakland Roots form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oakland Roots so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from J. Rodriguez and José Hernández secured the home win 2-1 against San Diego Loyal in their previous game.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus LA Galaxy II.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Oakland Roots have scored 12 goals in 12 league games away. In the opposite end, Oakland have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Orange County and Oakland Roots have faced off before this season: Oakland Roots - Orange 0-3. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Orange wins - draws - Oakland Roots wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Orange CountyR. Damus
R. Damus
13 goals
Orange CountyE. Markkanen
E. Markkanen
4 goals
Oakland RootsW. Fall
W. Fall
4 goals

Orange County missing players

Oakland Roots missing players

Orange County Oakland Roots
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 1 12 24
9 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
8 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
35 15 0 Scored S 1 12 26
30 17 3 Conceded C 3 21 33
92% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 83%
79% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 62%
54% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 58%
29% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 29%
8% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
54% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 42% 46%
33% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
21% 27% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
3.5 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.8 4.1
3.8 3.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.9 5.1
2.4 2.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 9.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.8 6.6
3.9 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3
38% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 36%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Oakland Roots have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals (26) in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots have the most points from losing position (11) in USL Championship
  • Oakland Roots have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Orange County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orange County have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 24 16 5 3 56 25 13 10 3 0 38 10 11 6 2 3 18 15 31 53
2 San Diego Loyal 25 11 4 10 37 33 13 8 1 4 22 14 12 3 3 6 15 19 4 37
3 Orange County 24 9 7 8 35 30 11 3 4 4 15 17 13 6 3 4 20 13 5 34
4 Tacoma Defiance 23 8 6 9 27 30 11 6 3 2 16 10 12 2 3 7 11 20 -3 30
5 Oakland Roots 24 8 6 10 26 33 12 5 3 4 14 12 12 3 3 6 12 21 -7 30
6 Sacramento Republic 24 7 8 9 28 32 11 3 2 6 14 18 13 4 6 3 14 14 -4 29
7 LA Galaxy II 23 7 5 11 40 46 12 2 5 5 23 21 11 5 0 6 17 25 -6 26
8 Las Vegas Lights 25 5 2 18 31 60 12 3 2 7 16 21 13 2 0 11 15 39 -29 17

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.