This should be an entertaining match as Orange County have their expected home advantage, while San Diego Loyal have an edge of 4 points in the USL Championship standings.
- San Diego Loyal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in USL Championship
It's no vacation for neither Orange nor San Diego Loyal 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.
Orange County form and stats
5-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Orange County so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Orange, as their goalkeeper Patrick Rakovsky has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the USL Championship.
It's back home for Orange, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Oakland Roots away with the result 1-0. B. Mines found the net in that victory.
Before that, Orange had a home game versus Phoenix Rising which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Orange, as the USL Championship home game vs Las Vegas Lights is only three days away.
Orange County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Orange's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
San Diego Loyal form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of San Diego Loyal playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season. San Diego Loyal has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Diego played 1-1 against New Mexico United in their previous match.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sacramento Republic.A new game in only four days for Diego, the USL Championship home match versus Oakland Roots. Busy days.
San Diego Loyal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Diego have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended San Diego Loyal - Orange 1-2, earlier this season. Orange County-San Diego Loyal H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Orange two wins, San Diego Loyal two wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Damus 13 goals |   T. Moshobane 10 goals |  C. Hertzog 6 goals |
Orange County missing players
San Diego Loyal missing players
| Orange County | San Diego Loyal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 40 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 47 |
| 36 | 19 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 72% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 71% | 66% |
| 28% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 24% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 52% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 72% |
| 34% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 17% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 9.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 27% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | 39% |
- San Diego Loyal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Diego Loyal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in USL Championship
- San Diego Loyal have the most points from losing position (15) 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 | Phoenix Rising | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 65 |
| 2 | San Diego Loyal | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 | Orange County | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 43 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy II | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | Tacoma Defiance | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 34 |
| 6 | Sacramento Republic | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 34 |
| 7 | Oakland Roots | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -9 | 34 |
| 8 | Las Vegas Lights | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 39 | 73 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 41 | -34 | 21 |