USL Championship match preview: Phoenix Rising versus Rio Grande Valley

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex (7707 seats)

Phoenix Rising hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 26th position in the USL Championship table. Visiting Rio Grande Valley holds 16th place with 12 pts.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Phoenix Rising are 1-3-0 (wins-draw-losses).

Phoenix Rising lost their last game at Orange County after a 1-2 scoreline. 0-0 away at Sacramento Republic before that.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (9 in 4 games), Phoenix Rising's attacking play is working. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Rio Grande Valley form and stats

1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rio Grande Valley in their matches away.

Two travels in a row for Rio Grande Valley, whose manager G. Echeverry could celebrate last time after the USL Championship win against Portland Timbers II. Preceding that game, the 4-4 draw paying a visit to LA Galaxy II.

The Rio Grande Valley manager G. Echeverry has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 matches. The Rio Grande Valley manager G. Echeverry has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Phoenix Rising 2 wins, 3 draws and Rio Grande Valley 0 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Flemmings
4 goals / 3 assists
M. Salazar
4 goals
S. Asante
3 goals / 4 assists

Phoenix Rising missing players

Rio Grande Valley missing players

Phoenix Rising Rio Grande Valley
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played 1 5 9
2 1 0 Won 0 1 3
5 3 0 Drew 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost 1 2 3
15 9 0 Scored 0 9 16
11 5 0 Conceded 1 10 15
78% 75% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 89%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 0% 80% 78%
56% 75% 0% Over 2.5 0% 80% 67%
44% 75% 0% Over 3.5 0% 40% 33%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 20% 22%
44% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 80% 67%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 11%
33% 25% 0% Failed To Score 100% 20% 33%
 
6.9 10 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5.2 4.5
3.9 3.2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5.5 5.5
1.6 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Phoenix Rising have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Phoenix Rising have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Phoenix Rising have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rio Grande Valley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Rio Grande Valley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rio Grande Valley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Phoenix Rising
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All Home Away
14-04-19 USL El Paso Locomotive 0 - 2 Phoenix Rising
18-04-19 USL Austin Bold 1 - 0 Phoenix Rising
21-04-19 USL Phoenix Rising 4 - 0 Seattle Sounders II
28-04-19 USL Sacramento Republic 0 - 0 Phoenix Rising
05-05-19 USL Orange County 2 - 1 Phoenix Rising
11-05-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 Rio Grande Valley
16-05-19 UOC Phoenix Rising 02:30 New Mexico United
19-05-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 Las Vegas Lights
26-05-19 USL Real Monarchs 02:00 Phoenix Rising
08-06-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 Tulsa Roughnecks
Rio Grande Valley
All Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
07-04-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 0 - 0 New Mexico United
14-04-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 2 - 1 OKC Energy
21-04-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 5 - 2 Las Vegas Lights
25-04-19 USL LA Galaxy II 4 - 4 Rio Grande Valley
01-05-19 USL Portland Timbers II 1 - 2 Rio Grande Valley
11-05-19 USL Phoenix Rising 02:30 Rio Grande Valley
19-05-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 LA Galaxy II
26-05-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 San Antonio
02-06-19 USL Orange County 02:00 Rio Grande Valley
09-06-19 USL Real Monarchs 02:00 Rio Grande Valley

  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 New York RB II 9 6 2 1 22 10 7 5 1 1 19 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 12 20
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 10 5 5 0 15 4 5 2 3 0 8 2 5 3 2 0 7 2 11 20
3 New Mexico United 10 4 5 1 22 14 5 3 2 0 14 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 8 17
4 Charleston Battery 8 4 3 1 13 9 5 3 2 0 10 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 15
5 Indy Eleven 7 4 2 1 11 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 10 5 6 14
6 Nashville 9 4 2 3 13 8 4 2 0 2 4 2 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 14
7 Saint Louis FC 7 4 2 1 10 5 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 5 14
8 Portland Timbers II 8 4 2 2 18 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 11 9 4 14
9 Tulsa Roughnecks 9 4 2 3 20 16 4 3 1 0 9 2 5 1 1 3 11 14 4 14
10 OKC Energy 9 4 2 3 16 16 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 1 2 2 9 11 0 14
11 LA Galaxy II 9 4 2 3 16 19 6 3 2 1 13 12 3 1 0 2 3 7 -3 14
12 Fresno FC 8 3 4 1 13 8 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 13
13 Sacramento Republic 8 4 1 3 10 8 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 2 0 3 5 7 2 13
14 Louisville City 8 4 1 3 11 10 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 13
15 North Carolina 7 3 3 1 11 5 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 5 2 6 12
16 Rio Grande Valley 8 3 3 2 16 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 2 1 9 9 2 12
17 El Paso Locomotive 8 3 3 2 8 7 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 12
18 Reno 1868 8 3 3 2 13 12 4 2 2 0 9 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 12
19 Orange County 8 3 2 3 15 13 5 3 1 1 13 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 11
20 Las Vegas Lights 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 3 1 0 10 2 5 0 1 4 5 12 1 11
21 Ottawa Fury 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
22 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 8 2 5 1 12 11 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 1 3 1 7 8 1 11
23 Austin Bold 8 3 2 3 6 6 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 11
24 Bethlehem Steel 9 3 2 4 15 16 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 2 1 1 10 8 -1 11
25 Birmingham Legion 8 3 2 3 9 14 4 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 8 11 -5 11
26 Phoenix Rising 8 2 4 2 12 8 4 1 3 0 9 5 4 1 1 2 3 3 4 10
27 Real Monarchs 8 3 1 4 16 16 5 3 1 1 13 7 3 0 0 3 3 9 0 10
28 Atlanta United II 9 3 1 5 9 15 6 2 0 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 4 5 -6 10
29 San Antonio 8 3 0 5 10 12 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 2 8 -2 9
30 Colorado Springs 9 2 2 5 9 14 4 1 0 3 1 5 5 1 2 2 8 9 -5 8
31 Loudoun United 7 1 3 3 7 10 1 0 1 0 3 3 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 6
32 Memphis 901 10 1 3 6 8 14 5 0 2 3 3 6 5 1 1 3 5 8 -6 6
33 Charlotte Independence 9 1 3 5 10 17 5 1 1 3 8 12 4 0 2 2 2 5 -7 6
34 Swope Park Rangers 7 1 2 4 11 17 4 1 1 2 9 11 3 0 1 2 2 6 -6 5
35 Seattle Sounders II 9 1 0 8 4 28 3 1 0 2 3 6 6 0 0 6 1 22 -24 3
36 Hartford Athletic 9 0 1 8 5 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 8 4 22 -18 1

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